Determinants of tourist spending in crosssectional studies and at Danish destinations

Tourism Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 833-855

  Marcussen, Carl H ^a  

^a Centre for Regional and Tourism Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Determinants; Multidimensional scalingxs; Multiple regression analysis; Spending; Tourism demand

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79961039225     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2011.0068     Document Type: Review

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