VFR travel: An examination of the expenditures of VFR travellers and their hosts

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 366-377

  Backer, Elisa ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expenditure; Hosts; Tourism; Travel; VFR

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; TOURISM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34548316412     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit277.0     Document Type: Article

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