Segmenting the nature-based tourists based on travel mode choice

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 47-67

  Mehmetoglu, Mehmet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Independent; Nature tourists; Nature based tourism; Package; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747067362     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: 15410897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v14n04_04     Document Type: Article

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