Sensation seeking and tourist behavior

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 17-33

  Pizam, Abraham ^a   Reichel, Arie ^b   Uriely, Natan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extreme sports; FIT travelers; Sensation seeking; Zuckerman s sensation seeking scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042281390     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v09n03_03     Document Type: Article

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