Tourism Statistics: Methodological Imperatives and Difficulties: the Case of Residential Tourism in Island Communities

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-380

  Volo, Serena ^a,c   Giambalvo, Ornella ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case study; Island communities; Tourism statistics; Unreported tourism

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECISION MAKING; ISLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67549089882     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/citmp020.0     Document Type: Article

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