Cultural effects on inbound tourism into the USA: A gravity approach

Tourism Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-138

  Vietze, Christoph ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural factors; International tourism; Religion; USA

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HERITAGE TOURISM; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; LANGUAGE; RELIGION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857472039     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0100     Document Type: Article

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