Activities and activity patterns involving travel abroad while growing up: The case of young Swedes

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-117

  Frandberg, Lotta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Mobility; Repetition; Sweden; Transnational; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; MOBILITY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77949421363     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680903493613     Document Type: Article

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