A forecasting model of tourist arrivals from major markets to Thailand

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-45

  Hao, Jing ^a   Var, Turgut ^a   Chon, Jinhyung ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand; Distance; Exchange rate; Income; International tourism; Price; Thailand; Time constraint; Tourism forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649120001     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354203108750157     Document Type: Article

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