The effects of World Heritage Sites on domestic tourism: A spatial interaction model for Italy

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-402

  Patuelli, Roberto ^a,b   Mussoni, Maurizio ^a,b   Candela, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural tourism; Domestic tourism; Italy; Spatial competition; Spatial interaction model; World Heritage Sites

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION; UNESCO; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ITALY;

EID: 84879461150     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-013-0184-5     Document Type: Article

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