The purpose of this paper is to identify the salient features of the destination choices made by new immigrants who entered Japan in the 1995 – 2000 period, and to provide a multivariate explanation for their choice behaviors. The salient features can be summarized as follows; first,...

A simulation experiment is proposed and undertaken to extend our understanding of the role of the competing destinations spatial interaction model in capturing the effects of hierarchical destination choice. In doing so, we make explicit the linkage between spatial choice behaviour at different...