Mature international travelers: An examination of gender and benefits

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 53-72

  Lehto, Xinran You ^a   O’Leary, Joseph T ^b   Lee, Gyehee ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Gender; International; Product preference; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547682331     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v09n01_05     Document Type: Article

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