Clustering and compatibility between tourism attractions

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Weidenfeld, Adi ^a   Butler, Richard W ^b   Williams, Allan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Working Lives Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attraction compatibility; Tourism clusters; Visitor attractions

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LOCATION DECISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951949442     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.732     Document Type: Article

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