Developing a Web-based tourism demand forecasting system

Tourism Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-468

  Song, Haiyan ^a   Witt, Stephen F ^a   Zhang, Xinyan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Econometric models; Forecasting systems; Hong Kong; Judgemental forecasts; Tourism demand forecasts; Web Internet

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; FORECASTING METHOD; INTERNET; SOFTWARE; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

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

EID: 53749097390     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000008785633578     Document Type: Article

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