Process studies of tourists' decision-making

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 397-422

  Smallman, Clive ^a   Moore, Kevin ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Process studies; Tourists' decision making theories; Variance studies

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 77950172752     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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