Tourist areas: Examining the effects of location attributes on tour-operator package holiday prices

Tourism Management

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 131-141

  Alegre, Joaquín ^a   Cladera, Magdalena ^a   Sard, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hedonic prices; Holiday prices; Location attributes; Tourist areas

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; MODEL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRICE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84876500365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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