Implications of population ageing for the development of tourism products and destinations

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-37

  Glover, Petra ^a,b   Prideaux, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Caravanning; Case studies; Generation X; Generations; Population ageing

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849102284     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766708098169     Document Type: Article

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