Quantitative tourism industry analysis
Subtitle: introduction to input-output, social accounting matrix modeling and tourism satellite accounts
By: Tadayuki Hara
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780750684996
Subjects: Social accounting; Econometric models; Tourism
Description: Quantitative Tourism Industry Analysis is the first book to deal with the input-output, social accounting matrix in a way which readers from a non-economics or non-mathematical background can follow, in order to understand how useful their application would be for tourism industry analysis. It acquaints readers with useful applications of economic modelling without the unnecessary burden of higher algebra, so that they will understand concepts of the economics measurement system, Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) methodology. Quantitative Tourism Industry Analysis offers a new set of economic tools for tourism policy analysis, ideal for those with a non-mathematical background. * Tried and tested material to ensure that this often daunting topic is explained in an approachable way * Review questions provided at the end of each chapter to check understanding * A CD-ROM containing a wealth of extra learning material and key spreadsheets to illustrate the theories for more complex areas * Supporting teaching material available online for instructors.
Notes: CD-ROM in back pocket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 3, 2009). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 includes a general discussion on the reasons why we should study the topic of tourism as an industry; title: Chapter 2 includes a very brief introduction to other quantitative methods for tourism industry analysis, including regression, time-series and Input-Output/Social Accounting Matrix; title: Chapter 3 is a formal introduction to the Input-Output (I-O) model; title: Chapter 4 is Social Accounting Matrix (SAM); title: Chapter 5 includes an introduction to Tourism Satellite Accounts; title: Chapter 6 includes a short discussion for the readers, having been introduced to the I-O/SAM methodology and to TSA, on future directions and possible explorations.