Identifying and Ranking the Determinants of Tourism Performance: A Global Investigation

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 388-399

  Assaf, A George ^a   Josiassen, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DEA; destination ranking; performance determinants; tourism industry

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RANKING; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84862000020     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287511426337     Document Type: Article

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