The influence of Lake Balaton's tourist milieu on visitor's quality of life

Tourism

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-142

  Rátz, Tamara ^a   Michalkó, Gábor ^b   Koávacs, Balázs ^c  

^a Department of Tourism   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Tourism Unit   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Happiness; Hungary; Lake Balaton; Quality of life; Tourist milieu

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249088578     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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