Factors contributing to tourists' length of stay in Dalian northeastern China - A survival model analysis

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-72

  Wang, Erda ^a   Little, Bertis B ^b   DelHomme Little, Beverly Ann ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DelHomme and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox model; Regression analysis; Survival analysis; Tourist's length of stay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868292273     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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