Measuring tourism sustainability: Proposal for a composite index

Tourism Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-296

  Fernández, Juan Ignacio Pulido ^a   Rivero, Marcelino Sánchez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite index; Factor loadings; ST index; Sustainability; Sustainable tourism; Weighted indicators

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM;

EID: 67649827669     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000009788254377     Document Type: Article

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