Demonstrating an exploratory-confirmatory factor approach to travel activity patterns: A study of French pleasure travelers to North America

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-164

  Jang, Soocheong ^a   Hu, Clark ^b   Morrison, Alastair M ^a   O'leary, Joseph T ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dimensions; Budget prioritization; Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Destination marketing; Exploratory factor analysis (EFA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953097712     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354207781626794     Document Type: Article

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