Previously entitled: The economics of leisure and tourism. 2nd ed. 1999.

Includes bibliography (p. 430-440) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Recreation, leisure and tourism organizations -- 3. The market for recreation, leisure and tourism products -- 4. Demand : time preference, elasticity, and forecasting -- 5. Supply and costs -- 6. Market structure and pricing -- 7. Market intervention -- 8. The competitive, technological, political and socio-cultural environment -- 9. The economic environment -- 10. Investment in the private sector -- 11. Investment in the public sector -- 12. Income, employment and prices -- 13. Economic development and regeneration -- 14. The balance of payments and exchange rates -- 15. Globalization -- 16. Environmental impacts -- 17. Action for sustainability -- 18. Critique, alternative perspectives and change.

"Now in its third edition, The Economics of Recreation, Leisure and Tourism has been fully revised and updated to cover all the latest issues and changes, and more. Essentially a real world text in applied economics, it explains the necessary economic theories from first principles and applies them to a range of leisure and tourism problems and issues at the consumer, business, national and international level."--BOOK JACKET.

All age.