Developing the image of the “Young Tourist”: Details from Swiss festivals

Tourism Review

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Gherrissi Labben, Thouraya ^a   Johnson, Colin ^b  

^a Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845748729     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb058427     Document Type: Review

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