The impact of climate change on Caribbean tourism demand

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-505

  Moore, Winston Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Climate change; Panel data econometrics; Tourism climate index; Tourism demand

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMETRICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; PANEL DATA; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 77956855028     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500903576045     Document Type: Article

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