VFR: Is it really marginal? A financial consideration of French overseas travellers

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-356

  Lee, Gyehee ^a   Morrison, Alastair A ^b   Lheto, Xinran You ^b   Webb, Jonathan ^c   Reid, Jerome ^c  

^a Department of Tourism Management Keimyung University   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

economic contribution; expenditure pattern; French traveliers; visiting friends and relatives(VFR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849102369     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766705056630     Document Type: Article

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