The impact of distance on international tourist movements

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-224

  McKercher, Bob ^a   Chan, Andrew ^a   Lam, Celia ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Tourist flows

Indexed keywords

HAULAGE; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 53549097322     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287508321191     Document Type: Article

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