Tourism demand modelling and forecasting : modern econometric approaches / Haiyan Song and Stephen F. Witt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Song, Haiyan.

Contributor:

Witt, Stephen F.

Series:

Advances in tourism research series.

Advances in tourism research series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Econometric models.

Tourism.

Tourism--Forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Pergamon, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The phenomenal growth of both the world-wide tourism industry and academic interest in tourism over the last thirty years has generated great interest in tourism demand modelling and forecasting from both sectors. However, the tendency for researchers and practitioners engaged in quantitative causal tourism modelling and forecasting to run many regression equations and try to choose the 'best' model based on various parametric and non-parametric criteria has been widely criticised as failing to provide credible results. The aim of this book is to present the recent advances in econometric m

Contents:

Front Cover; Tourism Demand Modelling and Forecasting: Modern Econometric Approaches; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction to Tourism Demand Analysis; Chapter 2 Traditional Methodology of Tourism Demand Modelling; Chapter 3 General-to-Specific Modelling; Chapter 4 Cointegration; Chapter 5 Error Correction Model; Chapter 6 Vector Autoregression (VAR) and Cointegration; Chapter 7 Time Varying Parameter Modelling; Chapter 8 Panel Data Analysis; Chapter 9 Evaluation of Forecasting Performance; References; Author index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-136-35356-9

1-282-38073-7

9786612380730

0-08-051941-5

0-585-47456-7

9780080519418

OCLC:

609850780