The need for empirical data on tour production costs
Author(s)
Buckley, Ralf
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2016
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Tourism is a commercial industry as well as an aspect of human beha-vior. The core of the tourism industry consists of individual businesses which must remain profi table in order to con nue opera ng. The pro-fi tability of any business depends on its produc on costs as well as its sales revenues. Data on produc on costs thus form one key component in analyzing compe ve commercial enterprises in tourism, as in other in-dustry sectors. The ways in which the tourism industry responds to chan-ges in markets or government policies, depend on the rela ve produc on costs of individual compe ng tourism enterprises.Tourism is a commercial industry as well as an aspect of human beha-vior. The core of the tourism industry consists of individual businesses which must remain profi table in order to con nue opera ng. The pro-fi tability of any business depends on its produc on costs as well as its sales revenues. Data on produc on costs thus form one key component in analyzing compe ve commercial enterprises in tourism, as in other in-dustry sectors. The ways in which the tourism industry responds to chan-ges in markets or government policies, depend on the rela ve produc on costs of individual compe ng tourism enterprises.
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Book Title
Produtos, Mercados e Destinos Turisticos
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Tourism Management