Determined sun-seekers and others - Travel motives, holiday type, and holiday behavior among norwegian charter tourists

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-97

  Prebensen, Nina K ^a,b   Kleiven, Jo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Decision making; Motivation; Tourist type

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746611158     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: 15410897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v14n01_05     Document Type: Article

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