Travel motivations of package tour travelers

Tourism

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-176

  Chang, Jui Chi ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decision making; Motivation; Taiwanese; Travel agency; Traveler

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547184420     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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