International handbook on the economics of tourism This highly accessible and comprehensive Handbook presents a cutting edge discussion of the state of tourism economics and its likely directions in future research. Leading researchers in the field explore a wide range of topics including: demand and forecasting supply transport taxation and infrastructure evaluation and application for policy making. Each chapter includes a discussion of its relevance and importance to the tourism economics literature an overview of its main contributions and themes a critical evaluation of existing literature and an outline of issues for further conceptual and applied research