Tourist information search

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 503-523

  Fodness, Dale ^a   Murray, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Decision making; Information search; Leisure tourism market segmentation; Tourist information sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000909673     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0160-7383(97)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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