The Attractiveness of Taiwan as a Bicycle Tourism Destination: A Supply-Side Approach

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-299

  Lee, Cheng Fei ^a   Huang, Hsun I ^b  

^a SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WuFeng University   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

a supply side approach; analytic hierarchy process (AHP); bicycle tourism; destination attractiveness; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CYCLE TRANSPORT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

JAPAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 84893694017     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2012.739190     Document Type: Article

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