Explorers versus planners: A study of Turkish tourists

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-338

  Alvarez, Maria ^a   Asugman, Gülden ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Exploratory behavior; Information search; Internet; Risk taking; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; RISK; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 33644978129     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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