Identifying leisure travel market segments based on preference for novelty

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 568-584

  Weaver, Pamela A ^a   McCleary, Ken W ^a   Han, Jiho ^b   Blosser, Phillip E ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LIBERTY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Leisure travel; Novelty seeking; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450073482     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548400903163129     Document Type: Article

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