Tourist vacation preferences: The case of mass tourists to crete

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 51-63

  Andriotis, Konstantinos ^a   Agiomirgianakis, George ^a   Mihiotis, Athanasios ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activities; Alternative tourism; Crete; Mass; Policy making; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954450434     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354207780956672     Document Type: Article

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