Examining welcome center visitors' travel and information behaviors: Does location of centers of residency matter?

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 272-280

  Pennington Gray, Lori ^a   Vogt, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; Location; Place marketing; Welcome center

Indexed keywords

TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037301411     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287502239035     Document Type: Article

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