Visa restrictions and their adverse economic and marketing implications - Evidence from China

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 397-412

  Song, Haiyan ^a   Gartner, William C ^b   Tasci, Asli D A ^c  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregressive distributed lag model (ADLM); China; Economic impact of tourism; Marketing productivity; Visa regulations

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC POLICY; MARKETING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STANDARD (REGULATION); TOURISM MARKET;

CHINA;

EID: 82955249045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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