Adam Sacks is the founder and Managing Director of Tourism Economics; an Oxford Economics company dedicated to analytically-based consulting to the tourism sector. Over the past fourteen years, Adam has conducted and managed over 10 million of dollars of tourism economic consulting.
On the public sector side, Adam has worked with over fifty national, provincial/state and local tourism offices throughout the world. He is an authority on measuring the economic impact of tourism activity–both broadly and for specific initiatives and projects. He has advised destinations on tourism investment policy, the effects of proposed entry procedures, tourism taxation, and marketing strategies. He has provided numerous destinations with analysis on market positioning and emerging opportunities.
Adam has consulted with multi-national hotel chains, airlines, aircraft manufacturers, theme parks, resort developers, and retail operators to measure current and future market opportunities. He has presented to numerous corporate strategic planning teams on the threats and opportunities facing their businesses within the projected travel and economic climate.
He is an expert in developing custom systems for quantifying relevant tourism market segments and tracking the competitive landscape for clients. Adam has developed tourism forecasting models with unrivalled track records.
Adam has implemented the UN-sanctioned methodology for measuring the economic impact of tourism for over a dozen countries and for seven states in the US.
Adam is a compelling and sought-after speaker on issues related to tourism market analysis, the economic impact of tourism and travel-demand forecasting and has presented at the TIA Marketing Outlook Forum, NYU Hotel Investment Conference, OECD Conference on Tourism Statistics, Cultural and Heritage Tourism Summit, Travel Business Roundtable, Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference, ITB Berlin, ARDA, The World Bank, Transportation Research Board Annual Conference, and Travel & Tourism Research Association. He has also presented tourism impact results to governments around the world. Adam received his BA in economics and international business from Lehigh University with studies at the University of Brussels.
On the public sector side, Adam has worked with over fifty national, provincial/state and local tourism offices throughout the world. He is an authority on measuring the economic impact of tourism activity–both broadly and for specific initiatives and projects. He has advised destinations on tourism investment policy, the effects of proposed entry procedures, tourism taxation, and marketing strategies. He has provided numerous destinations with analysis on market positioning and emerging opportunities.
Adam has consulted with multi-national hotel chains, airlines, aircraft manufacturers, theme parks, resort developers, and retail operators to measure current and future market opportunities. He has presented to numerous corporate strategic planning teams on the threats and opportunities facing their businesses within the projected travel and economic climate.
He is an expert in developing custom systems for quantifying relevant tourism market segments and tracking the competitive landscape for clients. Adam has developed tourism forecasting models with unrivalled track records.
Adam has implemented the UN-sanctioned methodology for measuring the economic impact of tourism for over a dozen countries and for seven states in the US.
Adam is a compelling and sought-after speaker on issues related to tourism market analysis, the economic impact of tourism and travel-demand forecasting and has presented at the TIA Marketing Outlook Forum, NYU Hotel Investment Conference, OECD Conference on Tourism Statistics, Cultural and Heritage Tourism Summit, Travel Business Roundtable, Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference, ITB Berlin, ARDA, The World Bank, Transportation Research Board Annual Conference, and Travel & Tourism Research Association. He has also presented tourism impact results to governments around the world. Adam received his BA in economics and international business from Lehigh University with studies at the University of Brussels.