The evolution of mass tourism destinations: New approaches beyond deterministic models in Benidorm (Spain)

Tourism Management

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-195

  Ivars i Baidal, Josep A ^a   Rodríguez Sánchez, Isabel ^b   Vera Rebollo, José Fernando ^b  

^a Inst Valenciano de Tecnologías Turisticas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benidorm; Evolution of mature tourist destinations; Internal and external factors; Life cycle; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; BENIDORM; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84867141957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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