Unobserved tourism

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-18

  De Cantis, Stefano ^a   Parroco, Anna Maria ^a   Ferrante, Mauro ^a   Vaccina, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accommodation statistics; Destination management; Sampling tourists; Sicily; Travel statistics; Unmeasured tourism

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL DEMAND;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84910029330     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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