Date of Award
1972
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Sullivan, John W.
Abstract
The Canadian Government operates fourteen tourist market development offices in the U.S.A. It plans to open more. For optimum economic benefit, where should such offices be located and why? HYPOTHESIS: There is an area without a CGTB office that offers more potential tourist demand than one which already has an office. Procedure involved the use of multiple regression analysis and, for dependent variables, secondary data of automobile parties to Canada from origins in the U.S.A. Independent variables were: distance, population, income and retail sale characteristics of originating areas. Analysis showed a much stronger correlation and coefficient of determination when office territories are confined to contiguous areas. Predictive equation for the latter was significant. Applied to New Jersey, it was found that opening an office would probably induce more potential automobile tourist traffic to Canada than Southern California, where there is an office. This analysis offers a tool for such office location problems.
Extent
124 p.
Recommended Citation
Ecroyd, Lawrence G., "Stochastic Analysis of USA Tourism Markets for Location Policy of Canadian Government Field Offices" (1972). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 144.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/144
Identifier
FADT13499
Comments
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1972.|College of Business|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1972.