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This article demonstrates how selected environmental consequences of tourism consumption relating to carbon emissions and waste can be quantified using a tourism satellite account (TSA), and an environmental module associated with an input-output framework. We move beyond the basic identification of the environmental effects of tourism consumption and seek to measure them. We show the types of information that can be derived from the framework, the applicative difficulties of reconciling tourism consumption to environmental outcomes, and explore the practical usage of the framework adopted. We believe that steps taken in the case to examine selected environmental effects of tourism consumption have a universal relevance for tourism policy makers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Economic impact analysis is a broad category of analytic methods including some of the most common tools for travel and tourism planning. The consensus of recent work appears to be that economic impact analysis can be an important element of the tourism planner's toolbox but also can be subject to considerable risk of misuse and misinterpretation. This article highlights many of the issues involved in the appropriate use and interpretation of economic impact analysis and summarizes the contributions of articles included in this special issue. These articles address a wide range of topics, including the measurement of benefits and costs, modeling of indirect and induced impacts, and the testing, validation, and use of impact estimates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Few tourism researchers have questioned input-output model results as the end point of economic impact analysis, with findings centered on direct, indirect, and induced impacts. An extension of input-output analysis introduced in this study is occupation-based modeling. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate occupation-based modeling as a means of illustrating job categories affected and associated wages generated by tourist spending at a sport event. Occupation-based modeling begins with an input-output model, with selected results applied to employment and wage data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A youth softball tournament was analyzed to illustrate the movement from input-output modeling to occupation-based modeling. Examples of long- and short-term interpretations of resulting estimates are included. Occupation-based modeling allows for a thorough understanding of the specific types of jobs and resulting wage income that accompany a change in final demand to an economy due to a tourism initiative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article outlines a standardized method for assessing direct economic expenditures and impacts associated with tourist events. The method addresses critical and often overlooked methodological issues that distinguish analysis of impacts from tourism in general and analysis of impacts from tourist events. These issues involve a common failure to account for sources, origins, destinations, and causes of expenditures. The corresponding errors in impact estimation will carry through into subsequent input-output or multiplier models and are of particular significance when one considers impacts of tourism events in regions dominated by other tourist sites or attractions, such as heavily visited coastal communities. Implications of the framework for impact estimation are illustrated using examples drawn from recent Rhode Island tourist events, including the 1997 Newport Folk Festival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]