A selection strategy for modelling UK tourism flows by air to European destinations

Tourism Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-158

  Coshall, John Trevor ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasting adequacy; Increasing seasonal variation; Time series models

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; MODELING; TOURISM MARKET;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21444443601     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/0000000054183487     Document Type: Article

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