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Mass. 02181, USA), ISBN 0-931202-01-9, 1978, $12.95 (cloth). This book explains management accounting as a foundation for long-range planning progress in the industry. The book is sub-divided into the following treatment of the topics: management accounting for the travel executive; accounting data: a basis for decision making; designing an accounting system for management information; cost accounting; planning and budgeting; an approach to controlling costs; selected management accounting topics; and future of management accounting in the travel agency industry. Bibliography and Tables. (TSP) The Marine Insurance Industry In Canada. Research Branch (Canadian Transport Commission, Ottawa, Canada 20-78-06, April 1978, xviit 226. Free. This study is designed to provide an overall view of marine insurance activities in Canada, to help increase the general knowledge and understanding of this industry and, in presenting details of the essential nature and operations of the industry in Canada, to cast further light on some of the special features of this important transportation component. The study provides a statistical basis for describing and analyzing the industry and attempts to place its importance in perspective in relation to the country's international trade and transportation. Bibliography, Tables, and Chart. (TSM) Marketing Bulletin-First Quarter 1978 Summary. Las Vegas Convention/ Visitors Authority (P.O. Box 14006, Las Vegas, Nevada 89114, USA), June 15, 1978, 16 pp. Free. This report covers the visitor volume, survey of business, entertainment tax, transportation data, and other information about the nature and magnitude of business in Las Vegas. Tables and Charts. (HSP) Marketing Study on Oceugnmey Trends of the Iam Vegas HotellMotel Industry. Las Vegas Convention/Visitor Authority (P.O. Box 14006, Las Vegas, Nevada 89114, USA), 1978, 41 pp. Free. Throughout the calendar year of 1977, the Marketing Department of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority conducted a marketing research study on hotel/motel room occupancy levels in Las Vegas. This booklet presents the result of these findings. Tables and Charts. (TSM) A Methedologleal Approach to Estimating the Value of Public Services Consumed by Tourists. By Donald Tatzin. TTRA Ninth Annual Conference Proceedings (The Travel Research Association, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA), 1978, pp. 53-60. Studies of tourism impact have often neglected the public sector costs of tourism while concentratin8 on the tax revenues the industry produces. The methodology presented in this paper makes it possible to assess the public sector costs of tourism on a basis that allows for comparision with estimates of tax revenues, providing a more balanced view of the industry. (LRS) Multiple Objectives In Outdoor Recreation Planning. By M. Hill and M. Sheeter. Journal of Leisure Research (1601 North Kent Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209. USA), Vol. 10, No. 2, 1978, pp. 126-140. ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, Oct/Dec 1978
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