Decisions regarding appropriate investments in both the public and private sectors, as well
as short-term marketing decisions, depend heavily on the accuracy of forecasts of tourism …

Many publications on tourism forecasting have appeared during the past twenty years. The
purpose of this article is to organize and summarize that scattered literature. General …

The concept of capacity to absorb tourism has received considerable attention, but
measures of capacity have seldom been applied to tourism plans. This void can be …

Culture is gaining increasing importance in the modern tourism industry, and represents a
significant force of attraction for tourists (both domestic and international). Cultural tourism …

Goal programming (GP) is an important class of multi-criteria decision models widely used to
analyze and solve applied problems involving conflicting objectives. Originally introduced in …

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Major reports of tourism forecasting studies are classified by forecasting method employed,
reviewed, compared, and critiqued. Apartial meta-analysis is used to attempt to gauge …

The objective of this study is to analyze the tourism spatial interaction that defines two
scenarios, ie, the actual one with the current high-speed rail (HSR) network, and the future …

The anthropological contribution to touristic study derives from this discipline's holistic
perception of human culture and its comparative methodology. Renewed use of the …

A literature search of recent tourism publications reveals that there is a growing tendency
among researchers to study tourism within the framework of the social sciences. Many of …