Whither the mature market: An empirical examination of the travel motivations of neo-mature and veteran-mature markets

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 113-130

  Norman, William C ^a   Daniels, Margaret J ^a   McGuire, Francis ^a   Norman, Catherine A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Mature market; Pull factors; Push factors; Travel motivations

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049123566     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v08n03_08     Document Type: Article

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