Research note: Seasonality patterns in Asian tourism

Tourism Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1105-1115

  Chen, Tingzhen ^a   Pearce, Philip L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian destinations; China tourism; Seasonality; Tropical tourism

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; SEASONALITY; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

EID: 84867863818     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0163     Document Type: Article

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