Applying Rigorous Economics
to the Real World

Tourism Economics operates with a singular objective: combine a deep understanding of the tourism sector with proven economic tools to answer the most important questions facing destinations, strategic planners, and investors. Tourism Economics designs market strategy models, tourism policy recommendations, tourism forecasting models, and tourism economic impact studies. Our vast experience and partnership with Oxford Economics have formed a powerful resource to assist our clients with their most important decisions.

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Market Strategies

Tourism Economics tracks travel trends and prospects for over 180 countries on an ongoing basis. Our customized tourism opportunity models inform our clients’ global investment and marketing decisions. Our flagship product, Tourism Decision Metrics, delivers detailed market data and reports to our clients’ desktops for dynamic, real-time analysis of global travel markets.

Public Policy

Governments are faced with difficult economic development decisions. Tourism Economics helps to raise the profile of tourism through credible analysis of its economic impact. We also assess destinations’ tax, entry, investment, and funding policies based on empirical analysis and international best practices. Finally, Tourism Economics has vast experience quantifying the economic impact of new tourism attractions and evaluating the merits of proposed tax concessions.

Tourism Forecasting

Our economists have developed tourism forecasting models with proven track records. The reason is straightforward; our models are firmly-rooted in the economic drivers of origin markets along with the changing profiles of destinations and travelers. These forecasts are used to inform the investment and marketing decisions of our clients.

Services Overview

“The Tourism Economics team took on the objectives of the Discover America Partnership as their own. They have been responsive and creative in meeting our research needs. Our success in influencing national tourism policy has been linked to the TE analysis which quantified the potential economic returns of marketing investments and changes in entry/exit policies. Thanks for a job well done. We look forward to working with you again.”
Geoffrey Freeman Discover America Partnership

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