An econometric study of tourist arrivals in Aruba and its implications

Tourism Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 879-890

  Croes, Robertico R ^a   Vanegas Sr , Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Elasticity; Modeling; Policy formulation; Small economy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; TOURISM;

ARUBA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 26844559394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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