The methodological progress of tourism demand forecasting: A review of related literature

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-317

  Goh, Carey ^a   Law, Rob ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Econometrics; Review; Time series; Tourism demand modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957610729     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2011.562856     Document Type: Article

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