Senior tourists' purchasing decisions in group package tour

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Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-42

  Wang, Kuo Ching ^a   Chen, Joseph S ^b   Chou, Shu Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Group package tour; Taiwanese senior tourists; Travel decision making

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY POPULATION; TOURISM MARKET; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547678066     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2007.9687034     Document Type: Article

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