Convention industry and destination clusters: Evidence from Italy

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 878-889

  Bernini, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Cluster theory; Convention industry; Local development; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVENESS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69249239043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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