Seasonal concentration of the hotel demand in Costa del Sol: A decomposition by nationalities

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 940-949

  Fernández Morales, Antonio ^a   Mayorga Toledano, María Cruz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gini index; Hotel demand; Legal framework; Seasonality measures

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; LEGISLATION; MARKETING; SEASONALITY; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ANDALUCIA; COSTA DEL SOL; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 48649095671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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