Sensation seeking and tourism: Tourist role, perception of risk and destination choice

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 740-750

  Lepp, Andrew ^a   Gibson, Heather ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination choice; Psychographics; Sensation seeking; Tourist behavior; Tourist role

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; RISK PERCEPTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 41549132988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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