Assessing gay men and lesbian women's hotel experiences: An exploratory study of sexual orientation in the travel industry

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-334

  Poria, Yaniv ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gay; Hotel experience; Lebian; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; SERVICE PROVISION; TOURISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

LEBIA; LESBIA;

EID: 33646264811     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287505279110     Document Type: Article

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