Air Passenger Duty and Outbound Tourism Demand from the United Kingdom

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 476-487

  Seetaram, Neelu ^a   Song, Haiyan ^b   Page, Stephen J ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

air passenger duty; outbound tourism demand elasticities; tourism taxes

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DEMAND ELASTICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TAX SYSTEM; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL DEMAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84901588814     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287513500389     Document Type: Article

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