Does destination image influence the length of stay in a tourism destination?

Tourism Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 443-456

  MacHado, Luiz Pinto ^a  

^a Escola Profissional de Hotelaria e Turismo   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Destination image; Duration models; Endogeneity; Length of stay; Madeira

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ENDOGENOUS CUE; POLICY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77952692580     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000010791305554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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