Competitiveness in mass tourism

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 727-745

  Claver Cortés, Enrique ^a   Molina Azorín, José F ^a   Pereira Moliner, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

competitive characteristics of hotels; empirical testing; lifecycle model; sun and sand mass tourism

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; BENIDORM ISLAND; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34249896447     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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