Spatial competition and agglomeration in the visitor attraction sector

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 175-195

  Weidenfeld, Adi ^a,b   Williams, Allan M ^c   Butler, Richard W ^d  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agglomeration; product similarity; spatial competition; visitor attractions

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896866293     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2013.778251     Document Type: Article

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