Tourism demand in Hong Kong: Income, prices, and visa restrictions

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-181

  Cheng, Ka Ming ^a  

^a HANG SENG MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Co integration analysis; Error correction model; Policy implementation; SARS; Tourism demand; Visa restrictions

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG; JAPAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 84860142629     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2011.569011     Document Type: Article

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