Plowing uncharted waters: A study of perceived constraints to cruise travel

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-150

  Kerstetter, Deborah L ^a   Yen, I Yin ^a   Yarnal, Careen M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints; Cruise travel; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149120183     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354205776259295     Document Type: Article

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