The situational influence of travel group composition: Contrasting Japanese family travelers with other travel parties

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 79-91

  So, Siu Ian ^a   Lehto, Xinran Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM STUDIES   (Macao)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family travel; Japanese travelers; Travel alone; Travel group composition; Travel with friends

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250216355     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v20n03_06     Document Type: Article

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