Segment transformation in urban tourism

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1215-1225

  McKercher, Bob ^a  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Market segmentation; Segment decay

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 52049099605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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