1st Edition

Tourism Economics and Sustainability Navigating Regional Challenges and Solutions

Edited By Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan, Shenglin Ben Copyright 2026
170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

This comprehensive volume offers an in-depth examination of tourism's economic impact across different regions and scales. Structured in three distinct parts, this book provides a nuanced analysis of tourism’s complex economic dimensions. The first section illuminates tourism’s economic contributions through compelling case studies from diverse destinations including Fiji and Andhra Pradesh,... Read more

Introduction

Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan and Shenglin Ben

 

Part I: Economic Contributions of Tourism in Specific Regions

1. Is Tourism Still the Plantation Economy of The South Pacific: The Case of Fiji

C. Michael Hall

 

2. Economic Contribution of Tourism to Andhra Pradesh, India

Larry Dwyer

 

3. Political Governance and Tourism Development: The Roles of Globalisation, Stability, Economic Growth, and Taxation in Top Destinations

Tunahan Degirmenci, Erick Okoth and Azad Erdem

 

4. Can Electronic Games Contribute to the Advancement of Tourism Economy? An Empirical Investigation of the Extended SOR Model Based on Prospect Theory and Spatial Triad

Yuchuan Wang, Yi Yang, Xianhai Ban, Tao Zhu and Xueqing Tian

 

Part II: Economic Sustainability and Challenges in Tourism

 

5. Exploring the Economic Sustainability of the Small Tourism Enterprise: A Case Study of Tobago

Sherma Roberts and John Tribe

 

6. Tourism and the Green Economy: A Place for an Environmental Ethic?

Andrew Holden

 

7. Tourism, Poverty Alleviation, and the Informal Economy: The Street Vendors of Hanoi, Vietnam

V. Dao Truong

 

8. Economic Implication of Tourism

Rajiv Dube

 

9. How Does Financial Inclusion Influence Tourism Demand? Empirical Evidence from Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Sasidaran Gopalan and Usman Khalid

 

Part III: Global and Macro-Economic Perspectives on Tourism

 

10. Causality between Global Economic Policy Uncertainty and Tourism in Fragile Five Countries: A Three-Dimensional Wavelet Approach

Tsung-Pao Wu, Hung-Che Wu, Shu-Bing Liu, Cheng-Feng Wu and Yu-Yu Wu

 

11. Economies of Attention and the Design of Viable Tourism Futures

Rodanthi Tzanelli

 

12. Globalization is More than an Economic Phenomenon

Chris Cooper

 

13. Economic Regulation of Air Transport: Effects on Planning for Airports

S. Ramanathan

 

14. Changing Economic Roles of India’s International Visitors

Jean Dickinson Gibbons and Mary Fish

Biography

Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan is Professor at National Chiayi University and Former President of Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan.

Shenglin Ben is Professor and Dean at the International Business School and Academy of Internet Finance, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, and former China Country Head of ABN AMRO, HSBC, and China CEO of JP Morgan Chase Bank.