Using Consumer Behavior Research to Understand the Baby Boomer Tourist

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 274-287

  Cleaver, Megan ^a   Green, B Christine ^a   Muller, Thomas E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

baby boom cohort; consumer behavior; lifestyle research; tourism product development; travel motivation; vacation risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000337536     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109634800002400210     Document Type: Article

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