Tourism seasonality in cultural destinations: Empirical evidence from Sicily

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 589-595

  Cuccia, Tiziana ^a   Rizzo, Ilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Census X12 Arima; Cultural tourism; Heritage; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HERITAGE TOURISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 78650968883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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