A general framework for collecting and analysing the tracking data of cruise passengers at the destination

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1426-1451

  Ferrante, Mauro ^a   De Cantis, Stefano ^a   Shoval, Noam ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

cruise tourism; GPS tracking data; spatial analysis; survey methods; tourist mobility

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GPS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVEY METHOD; TOURISM; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CROATIA; DUBROVNIK; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY;

EID: 84973616503     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2016.1194813     Document Type: Article

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