Determinant factors of senior tourists' length of stay

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-32

  Alén, Elisa ^a   Nicolau, Juan Luis ^b   Losada, Nieves ^a   Domínguez, Trinidad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging demographic; Length of stay; Negative Binomial model; Spanish seniors

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROFITABILITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL DEMAND; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

SPAIN;

EID: 84906769818     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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