A destination too far? Modelling destination accessibility and distance decay in tourism

GeoJournal

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-46

  Hooper, James ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Destination accessibility; Distance decay; Tourism; World cities

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; LOCATION; MARKETING;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DESTINATION ACCESSIBILITY; DISTANCE DECAY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; MAJOR FACTORS; TOURISM PLANNING; WORLD CITIES;

TOURISM;

EID: 84922337726     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: 15729893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-014-9536-z     Document Type: Article

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