Impact of Long-Term Weather on Domestic and Foreign Winter Tourism Demand

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Falk, Martin ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate change; Domestic and foreign tourism; Dynamic panel data model; Long term weather; Ski resorts; Tourism demand

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMAND ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WINTER;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84871029461     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.865     Document Type: Article

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