Backpacker motivations: A travel career approach

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-259

  Paris, Cody Morris ^a   Teye, Victor ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backpacker motivation; Mobility; Online communities; Segmentation; Travel career pattern; Travel experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954821063     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368621003591350     Document Type: Article

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