Tourism and regional income inequality: Evidence from China

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 81-99

  Li, Hengyun ^a   Chen, Jason Li ^b   Li, Gang ^b   Goh, Carey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Domestic tourism; International tourism; Local spatiotemporal autoregressive model; Regional inequality; Spatial analysis; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WAGE GAP;

CHINA;

EID: 84961129509     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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