Selecting a cruise port of call location using the fuzzy-AHP method: A case study in east asia

Tourism Management

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 262-270

  Wang, Ying ^a   Jung, Kyung Ae ^a   Yeo, Gi Tae ^a   Chou, Chien Chang ^b  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AHP (analytic hierarchy process); Cruise industry; Cruise port of call choice; Factor analysis; Fuzzy set theory

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LEISURE INDUSTRY; PORT DEVELOPMENT; PORT OPERATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SHIPPING; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

FAR EAST;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84892660226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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