Are psychographics predictors of destination life cycles?

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-55

  McKercher, Bob ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Destination life cycle; Plog

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745750853     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v19n01_05     Document Type: Article

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