Are Regional Political Decisions the Key Element in Reducing Seasonal Variation in Tourism? The Case of the Balearic Islands

As a mature tourism destination, the Balearic Islands suffer the normal effects of the stagnation stage of the tourism area life cycle (TALC) model. During stagnation, reorientation policies are used in an attempt to mitigate some of those effects in order to reduce the prevalence of seasonality. Va...

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Published in:Tourism economics : the business and finance of tourism and recreation 2015-12, Vol.21 (6), p.1207-1219
Main Authors: Sastre, María Antonia García, Hormaeche, Margarita Alemany, Villar, Miguel Trías
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Measures of variability
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Seasonal variations
Stagnation
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