Tourist memory distortion

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 360-367

  Braun LaTour, Kathryn A ^a   Grinley, Melissa J ^b   Loftus, Elizabeth F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b North Seattle Community College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Distortion; Experience; Memory; Word of mouth

Indexed keywords

TOURISM;

EID: 33645732686     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287506286721     Document Type: Article

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