A comparative study of tourism performance in the Mediterranean region: a multicriteria approach

International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-303

  Zopounidis, Constantin ^a   Baourakis, George ^b   Niklis, Dimitrios ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

comparative study; MA; Mediterranean countries; multicriteria analysis; tourism performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951713343     PISSN: 17567017     EISSN: 17567025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIDS.2010.033452     Document Type: Article

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