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On optimizing the provision of guided tours to tourists during the slack season

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  • Amitrajeet Batabyal, 2011. "On optimizing the provision of guided tours to tourists during the slack season," Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Springer, vol. 4(1), pages 63-70, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lsprsc:v:4:y:2011:i:1:p:63-70
    DOI: 10.1007/s12076-011-0051-2
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    Keywords

    Guided tour; Intermittent operation; Patient tourist; Slack season; Uncertain demand; L83; L23; D81;
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    JEL classification:

    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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