Analysing expenditure of same-day visitors in cave tourism: The case of Turkey

Tourism Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-55

  Akca, Hasan ^a   Sayili, Murat ^b   Cafri, Reyhan ^a  

^a CANKIRI KARATEKIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ballica Cave; Expenditure; Same day visitors; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CAVE; EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

TURKEY;

EID: 84960899813     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2014.0413     Document Type: Article

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