Who is the senior consumer for the tourism industry?

Amfiteatru Economic

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 195-207

  Le Serre, Delphine ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Characterization; Indicator; Senior consumer; Tourism opportunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249155599     PISSN: 15829146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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