Exploratory space-time analysis of inbound tourism flows to China cities

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-312

  Xing zhu, Yang ^a   Qun, Wang ^a  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China's cities; Exploratory spatial data analysis; Inbound tourism flows; Space time covariance matrix; Surface visualization

Indexed keywords

GIS; MARKOV CHAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA; VISUALIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84897961216     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1932     Document Type: Article

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