Destination choice models for rock climbing in the Northeastern Alps: A latent-class approach based on intensity of preferences

Land Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 426-444

  Scarpa, Riccardo ^a,b   Thiene, Mara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24744444119     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.81.3.426     Document Type: Article

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