Sensation seeking and the prediction of attitudes and behaviours of wine tourists

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 950-966

  Galloway, Graeme ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b   Getz, Don ^c   Crouch, Geoffrey ^d   Ong, Ben ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes and behaviours; Consumer behaviour; Sensation seeking; Wine tourists

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MARKETING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 48649105828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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