Impacts of seasonal patterns of climate on recurrent fluctuations in tourism demand: Evidence from Aruba

Tourism Management

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 245-256

  Ridderstaat, Jorge ^a   Oduber, Marck ^b   Croes, Robertico ^c   Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Martens, Pim ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Meteorological Department Aruba   (Aruba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aruba; Climate; Panel regression; Seasonality; Small island; Tourism demand

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TOURISM;

ARUBA;

EID: 84886773663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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