Active sport tourism: Who participates?

Leisure Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-170

  Gibson, Heather J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICIPATION PATTERN; REACTIONAL ACTIVITY; SPORT TOURISM; TOURISM INDUSTRY;

USA;

EID: 0031825224     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026143698375213     Document Type: Article

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