Tourism and discretionary income allocation. Heterogeneity among households

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-52

  Dolnicar, Sara ^a   Crouch, Geoffrey I ^b   Devinney, Timothy ^c   Huybers, Twan ^d   Louviere, Jordan J ^e   Oppewal, Harmen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian Graduate School of Management   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer choice; Discretionary expenditure; Heterogeneity; Segmentation; Substitution

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 35148825648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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