Travel personae of American pleasure travelers: A network analysis

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 797-811

  Park, Sangwon ^a   Tussyadiah, Iis P ^a   Mazanec, Josef A ^b   Fesenmaier, Daniel R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Destination Marketing; Internet; Network Analysis; Travel Persona; Travel Styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650118749     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2010.527246     Document Type: Article

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