Information value structure for vacation travel

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-83

  Cho, Mi Hea ^a   Jang, Soocheong ^b  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential; Functional; Hedonic; Risk avoidance; Sensation seeking; Social; Tourism marketing; Utilitarian; Vacation information value; Value structure

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; MARKETING; TOURISM;

EID: 57649187063     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287507312422     Document Type: Article

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