Forecasting Tourism Flows from the Russian Federation into the Mediterranean Countries

Tourism Management, Marketing, and Development: Performance, Strategies, and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 39-57

  Furmanov, Kirill ^a   Balaeva, Olga ^a   Predvoditeleva, Marina ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ARIMA Model; Exponential Smoothing; Mediterranean Country; Tourism Flow; Tourism Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024105359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137401854_3     Document Type: Chapter

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