The sensitivity of winter tourism to exchange rate changes: Evidence for the Swiss Alps

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-112

  Falk, Martin ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

exchange rates; relative prices; Swiss Alps; Winter tourism demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929334209     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1467358413519262     Document Type: Article

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