Abstract
This special issue is the latest in the series on ‘Developments in the Field of Tourism Economics’, which were presented at the 5th Conference of the International Association for Tourism Economics (IATE) held in Hong Kong SAR, China from June 30th to July 3rd, 2015. The conference was hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University together with Leeds Beckett University, and was sponsored by the Tourism Economics journal and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The bi-annual conference follows on from Ljubljana, Slovenia (2013), Bournemouth, UK (2011), Chang Mai, Thailand (2009) and Palma de Majorca, Spain (2007).