A neural network model to forecast Japanese demand for travel to Hong Kong

Tourism Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-97

  Law, Rob ^a   Au, Norman ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Japanese tourist arrivals; Neural networks; Tourism demand forecasting

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; TOURISM MARKET; TRAVEL DEMAND;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0032997601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(98)00094-6     Document Type: Article

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