ISRAELI BACKPACKERS. The Role of Destination Choice

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-246

  Reichel, Arie ^a   Fuchs, Galia ^b   Uriely, Natan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

backpacking; destination choice; risk perception; risk reduction strategies; segmentation

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RISK PERCEPTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 64049119147     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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