How competitive is Hong Kong against its competitors? An econometric study

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 247-256

  Li, Gang ^a   Song, Haiyan ^b   Cao, Zheng ^a   Wu, Doris Chenguang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Hong Kong; System model; Tourism demand

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; ALMOST IDEAL DEMAND SYSTEM; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ECONOMETRICS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM;

CHINA; HONG KONG; MACAU; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84872459560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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