Characterizing tourist sensitivity to distance

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Nicolau, Juan Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Choice models; Destination selection; Sensitivity to distance; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 57649158613     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287507312414     Document Type: Article

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