Backpacking your way into crisis: An exploratory study into perceived risk and tourist behaviour amongst young people

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 237-247

  Hunter Jones, Philippa ^a   Jeffs, Alice ^b   Smith, Denis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MyTravel   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis management; Destination marketing; Risk taking behaviour; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349126346     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v23n02_18     Document Type: Article

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