Understanding Urban Tourism Attractiveness: The Case of the Archaeological Ötzi Museum in Bolzano

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 730-741

  Bridaa, Juan Gabriel ^a   Meleddub, Marta ^b   Pulinac, Manuela ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

museum; repeat visits; travel cost; urban tourism; zero truncated Poisson

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; MUSEUM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

BOLZANO; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

EID: 84867022456     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287512437858     Document Type: Article

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