Robustness of Distance Decay for International Pleasure Travelers: A Longitudinal Approach

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 409-420

  Lee, Hee Andy ^a   Guillet, Basak Denizci ^a   Law, Rob ^a   Leung, Rosanna ^a  

^a School of Hotel and Tourism Management   (China)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Hong Kong; International pleasure traveler; Threshold; Time series approach

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL DEMAND;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84865290343     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.861     Document Type: Article

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