Do psychographics influence vacation destination choices? A comparison of British travellers to North America, Asia and Oceania

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-125

  Lehto, Xinran You ^a   O'Leary, Joseph T ^b   Morrison, Alastair M ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

destination attribue preferences; long haul travel; psychographics; travel benefits; travel philosophies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043003870     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135676670200800202     Document Type: Article

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