Personal values and media usefulness of mature travelers

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 97-112

  Fall, Lisa T ^a   Knutson, Bonnie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kahle s LOV; Mature travelers; Media sources; Older travelers; Personal values; Senior travelers

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249214752     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v08n03_07     Document Type: Article

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