Tourism Brochures. Usefulness and Image

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1036-1056

  Molina, Arturo ^a   Esteban, Águeda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

behavior; brochure; destination choice; image

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MADRID [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33748755269     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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