Does nationality, gender, and age affect travel motivation? A case of visitors to the Caribbean Island of Barbados

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 398-408

  Jönsson, Cristina ^a   Devonish, Dwayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Caribbean; Travel motivation; Travel patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650481593     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548400802508499     Document Type: Article

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