Market segmentation by reasons and influences to visit a destination: The case of international visitors to australia

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-249

  Laesser, Christian ^a   Crouch, Geoffrey I ^b   Beritelli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; International tourism; Market segmentation; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953154632     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354206778814718     Document Type: Article

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