Determinants of youth travel markets' perceptions of tourism destinations

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-66

  Reisinger, Yvette ^a   Mavondo, Felix ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Destination attributes; Destination perceptions; Travel motivation; Youth travel market

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044442556     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354202129687688     Document Type: Article

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