More or better?: Quantity and quality issues in tourism consumption

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-294

  Fleischer, Aliza ^a   Rivlin, Judith ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Demand elasticity; Tourism expenditures; Tourism income; Vacation quality; Vacation quantity

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMAND ELASTICITY; EXPENDITURE; INCOME; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 58149520576     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287508321204     Document Type: Article

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