Travel Economics Financial Analysis Guide: Financial Analysis Guide

Author: Harold Wagner
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: From the perspective of a potential investor or financial analyst, this book offers incisive insights into the major industry sectors of the tourism industry, making significant contributions to the literature in this field. Chapter 2 of the book provides a concise yet masterful discussion of the aviation industry, analyzing technology, regulations, operations, and operational systems, including global networks. The section on the economic characteristics of the aviation industry alone is invaluable, worth more than the entire book. Most tourism economics textbooks follow the framework of Western economics, discussing supply and demand. What makes this book unique is that its author, Harold Wagner, is a renowned financial analyst on Wall Street, who examines several key industry sectors of the tourism industry—aviation, hotels, cruise ships, railways, automobiles, gambling, theme parks/amusement parks—from the perspective of a potential investor, covering economic issues such as production operations, economic characteristics, marketing, venture capital accounting, and asset valuation.