The Effects of Household and Trip Characteristics on Trip Types: A Consumer Behavioral Approach for Segmenting the U.S. Domestic Leisure Travel Market

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 46-68

  Sung, Heidi H ^a   Morrison, Alastair M ^b   Hong, Gong Soog ^c   O'Leary, Joseph T ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

demographic and sociocultural factors; income; pleasure personal trips; travel expenditures; trip types; trip related characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342557562     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109634800102500105     Document Type: Article

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