Weather, climate, and tourism performance: A quantitative analysis

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-56

  Day, Jonathon ^a   Chin, Natalie ^b   Sydnor, Sandra ^a   Cherkauer, Keith ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Destination; Hospitality; Hotel performance; Tourism; Weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870044155     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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