Complex and chaotic tourism systems: Towards a quantitative approach

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 840-861

  Baggio, Rodolfo ^a   Sainaghi, Ruggero ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Complexity theory; Quantitative methods; Tourism destinations; Tourism systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052634569     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111111153501     Document Type: Article

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