Length of Stay: Price and Income Semi-Elasticities at Different Destinations in Italy

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 515-530

  Salmasi, Luca ^a   Celidoni, Martina ^b   Procidano, Isabella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Count quantile regression; Length of stay; Semi elasticity; Tourism

Indexed keywords

INCOME; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ITALY;

EID: 84867652176     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1867     Document Type: Article

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