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Summary
Summary
Tourism is the world's largest industry and its fastest growing one. It has the potential to contribute significantly to the economic development of most economies, including those of less developed countries and peripheral economic regions. However, it depends heavily on environmental conditions, natural and man-made, for its market and its sustainability.
This book analyzes market and political failures in relation to tourism development and the environment, and the implications of those for national gains from international tourism, for public finance and policy, and for the sustainability of tourism. Particular emphasis is placed on ecotourism and the sustainable use of natural sites, methods of evaluating the sustainability of tourism and the impacts of pollution on tourism. Case studies cover both large and small developing countries e.g. Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India and the Maldives, as well as more developed economies. While some attention is given to the evaluation of protected areas, most attention is given to policies in terms of the sustainable recreational use of such areas - examples include scuba diving and encounters of tourists with whale sharks and sea turtles.
This is a fascinating book that will be of great use to a wide readership including economists, environmentalists, geographers, tourism scholars and professionals, as well as academics in development studies.
Author Notes
The late Clem Tisdell, formerly Professor Emeritus, School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Australia
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. viii |
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Part I An Overview | |
| 1 Topics and issues in tourism economics: an overview of this book | p. 3 |
| Part II Tourism and the Environment: Market and Political Failures and Public Economics | |
| 2 'Tourism, the environment and profit', Economic Analysis and Policy, 17(1), 1987, pp. 13-30 | p. 19 |
| 3 'Public finance and the appropriation of gains from international tourists: some theory with ASEAN and Australian illustrations', Singapore Economic Review, 28(1), 1983, pp. 3-20 | p. 37 |
| 4 National gains from international tourism in the light of environmental factors: further considerations | p. 55 |
| 5 International competition for tourist development: politics and global environmental deterioration | p. 68 |
| 6 'Ecotourism, economics and the environment: observations from China', Journal of Travel Research, 34(4), 1996, pp. 11-19 | p. 78 |
| 7 'Investment in ecotourism: assessing its economics', Tourism Economics, 1(4), 1995, pp. 375-87 | p. 87 |
| 8 'Why care is needed in applying indicators of the sustainability of tourism', Australian Journal of Hospitality Management, 4(1), 1997, pp. 1-6 | p. 100 |
| 9 'Total economic valuation of protected areas', Annals of Tourism Research, 24(4), 1997, pp. 992-4 | p. 107 |
| 10 'Sustaining and maximizing economic gains from tourism based on natural sites: analysis with reference to the Galapagos', in C.A. Tisdell, C.J. Aislabie and P.J. Stanton (eds), 1988, Tourism Economics, Institute of Industrial Economics, University of Newcastle, pp. 229-52 | p. 110 |
| 11 'Measuring the costs to tourism of pollution, especially marine pollution: analysis and concepts', in C.A. Tisdell, C.J. Aislabie and P.J. Stanton (eds), 1988, Tourism Economics, Institute of Industrial Economics, University of Newcastle, pp. 253-86 | p. 121 |
| 12 'Ecotourism: aspects of its sustainability and compatibility with conservation, social and other objectives', Australian Journal of Hospitality Management, 5(2), 1998, pp. 11-21 | p. 131 |
| Part III Tourism in Development and in Less Developed Areas: Mainly Case Studies | |
| 13 'Seasonality in tourism and the desirability of evening out tourism demand', Economic Activity, 27(4), 1984, pp. 13-17 | p. 145 |
| 14 'Peripheral tourism: development and management', Annals of Tourism Research, 22(3), 1995, pp. 517-34 | p. 150 |
| 15 'Tourism development in India and Bangladesh: general issues, illustrated by ecotourism in the Sunderbans', Tourism Recreation Research, 22(1), 1997, pp. 26-33 | p. 168 |
| 16 'Tourism as an industry for the economic expansion of archipelagoes and small island states', Massey Journal of Asian and Pacific Business, 2(3), 1990, pp. 2-6 | p. 181 |
| 17 'Tourism and the economic development of the Maldives', Annals of Tourism Research, 16(2), 1989, pp. 254-69 | p. 190 |
| 18 'Foreign tourism: benefits to China and contribution to development', in C.A. Tisdell, 1993, Economic Development in the Context of China, Macmillan, London, pp. 171-90 | p. 206 |
| 19 'Foreign tourism as an element in PR China's economic development strategy', Tourism Management, March 1991, pp. 55-67 | p. 220 |
| 20 'Investment in China's tourism industry: its scale, nature, and policy issues', China Economic Review, 2(2), 1991, pp. 175-93 | p. 233 |
| 21 'Tourism development in China: its nature, the changing market and business opportunities', Journal of Vacation Marketing, 2(2), 1996, pp. 123-36 | p. 252 |
| 22 'Spatial distribution of tourism in China: economic and other influences', Tourism Economics, 2(3), 1996, pp. 235-50 | p. 266 |
| Part IV Tourism/Recreational Use of Natural Areas and Wildlife: Issues in Environmental Conservation | |
| 23 'The value of, demand for and supply of national parks - economic issues raised by recreational use', Board of Environmental Studies, Research Paper No. 4, 1974, University of Newcastle, pp. 1-22 | p. 285 |
| 24 'Recreational scuba-diving and carrying capacity in marine protected areas', Ocean and Coastal Management, 26(1), 1995, pp. 19-40 | p. 300 |
| 25 'Economic management of recreational scuba diving and the environment', Journal of Environmental Management, 48, 1996, pp. 229-48 | p. 322 |
| 26 'Tourist levies and willingness to pay for a whale shark experience', Tourism Economics, 5(2), 1998, pp. 161-74 | p. 342 |
| 27 'Tourism and the conservation of sea turtles: an Australian case study' | p. 356 |
| Name index | p. 369 |
