Advertising and Tourist Arrivals: Evidence from Jamaica

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-366

  Williams, Densil A ^a   Spencer, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

advertising and promotion; Jamaica; time series; tourism arrivals

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957550849     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2010.13     Document Type: Article

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