Holidays of older gay men: Age or sexual orientation as decisive factors?

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 454-463

  Hughes, Howard L ^a   Deutsch, Richard ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Gay men; Senior tourism; Sexual orientation; Travel career

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; GENDER ROLE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77049101221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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