Demand elasticity estimates for New Zealand tourism

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 564-575

  Schiff, Aaron ^a   Becken, Susanne ^b  

^a Covec ^*  (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airfare; Elasticity; Oil price; Price sensitivity; Tourism demand

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXCHANGE RATE; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 78650967551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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