Air passenger duties as strategic tourism taxation

Tourism Management

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 442-453

  Álvarez Albelo, Carmen D ^a   Hernández Martín, Raúl ^a   Padrón Fumero, Noemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air passenger duties; Rent extraction; Strategic tourism taxation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 85010211165     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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