Dispersal of visitors within destinations: Descriptive measures and underlying drivers

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1209-1219

  Koo, Tay T R ^a   Wu, Cheng Lung ^a   Dwyer, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

International visitor survey; Multidestination travel; Tourist dispersal; Visitor dispersal measurement; Visitor dispersal propensity

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; SURVEY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84859823049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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