Hara, Tadayuki,  1960- <br/><br/>
Quantitative tourism industry analysis :  introduction to input-output, social accounting matrix modeling and tourism satellite accounts / 
Tadayuki Hara. 
 - Amsterdam ;  London :  Butterworth-Heinemann,  2008. 
 - xiv, 259 p., [7] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.), maps 
<br/><br/> CD-ROM in back pocket. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> This title provides a user friendly introduction to tourism satellite accounts, an economics method of measuring tourism as an industry. The accompanying CD-ROM provides interactive tools and exercises for students and online resources for lecturers.  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. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Askews and Holts. <br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780080887999 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tourism--Econometric models.<br/>Social accounting.<br/>Travel and Tourism.<br/>Hospitality & service industries
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