An analysis of seasonality in monthly per person tourist spending in Turkish inbound tourism from a market segmentation perspective

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 227-237

  Koc, Erdogan ^a   Altinay, Galip ^a  

^a DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Market segmentation; Seasonal unit root test; Seasonality; Turkish tourism

Indexed keywords

SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33748683551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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