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´Advances in Tourism Economics´ follows his predecessor ´Advances in Modern Tourism Research´ (2007) in providing a thorough assessment of state-of-the-art economic research in this rapidly developing field. The authors start by analyzing the recent upsurge of model-based economic research in the field, which builds on powerful tools in quantitative economics, such as discrete choice models, social accounting matrices, data envelopment analyses, impact assessment models or partial computable equilibrium models including environmental externalities. The volume originates from this novel research spirit in the area and aims to offer an attractive collection of operational research tools and approaches. It forms an appealing record of modern tourism economics and positions the field within the strong tradition of quantitative economic research, with due attention for both the demand and supply side of the tourism sector, including technological and logistic advances.

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METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES.- Research Needs on the Tourist Nexus.- A Meta-analytic Comparison of Regional Output Multipliers at Different Spatial Levels: Economic Impacts of Tourism.- An Optimized System Dynamics Approach for a Hotel Chain Management.- Demand for Tourism in Malaysia by UK and US Tourists: A Cointegration and Error Correction Model Approach.- Modelling Tourism Demand in Tunisia Using Cointegration and Error Correction Models.- Determinants of Length of Stay - A Parametric Survival Analysis.- ASSESSMENT OF TOURISM IMPACTS.- Is the Time-Varying Parameter Model the Preferred Approach to Tourism Demand Forecasting? Statistical Evidence.- Estimating Tourism Impacts Using Input-Output and SAM Models in the Balearic Islands.- Estimating Tourism Effects on Residents: A Choice Modelling Approach to the Case of Rimini.- Willingness to Pay for Airline Services: A Stated Choice Experiment.- Forecasting Hotel Overnights in the Autonomous Region of the Azores.- TRENDS IN THE TOURIST MARKET.- The International Competitiveness of Trade in Tourism Services: Evidence from Romania.- Travellers´ Intentions to Purchase Travel Products Online: The Role of Shopping Orientation.- Coopetition in Infomediation: General Analysis and Application to e-Tourism.- Do Tourism Firms Have Economic Incentives to Undertake Voluntary Environmental Initiatives?.- Tourism and Strategic Competition in the Air Transport Industry.- An Estimation of Tourism Dependence in French Rural Areas.

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Peter Nijkamp is Professor in Regional and Urban Economics and in Economic Geography at the VU University, Amsterdam. His main research interests cover quantitative plan evaluation, regional and urban modelling, multicriteria analysis, transport systems analysis, mathematical systems modelling, technological innovation, entrepreneurship, environmental and resource management, and sustainable development. In the past years he has focussed his research in particular on new quantitative methods for policy analysis, as well as on spatial-behavioural analysis of economic agents. He has a broad expertise in the area of public policy, services planning, infrastructure management and environmental protection. In all these fields he has published many books and numerous articles.
In 1996, he was awarded the most prestigious scientific prize in the Netherlands, the Spinoza award.

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