Improving tourism policy implementation - The use of hybrid MCDM models

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 413-426

  Liu, Chui Hua ^a   Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^a,b   Lee, Ming Huei ^c  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism College   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DANP (DEMATEL based analytic network process); DEMATEL (decision making trial and evaluation laboratory); MCDM (multiple criteria decision making); NRM (network relationship map); Tourism policy; Travel and tourism industry; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LEISURE INDUSTRY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 82955163205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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