The [Limited] Impact of Weather on Tourist Behavior in an Urban Destination

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 442-455

  McKercher, Bob ^a   Shoval, Noam ^b   Park, Eerang ^c   Kahani, Alon ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate; GIS; urban tourism; weather

Indexed keywords

GIS; GPS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84930802251     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287514522880     Document Type: Article

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