The wellness tourism market in Greece - An interdisciplinary methodology approach

Tourismos

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 127-144

  Magdalini, Vasileiou ^a   Paris, Tsartas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Qualitative research; Triangulation; Wellness tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651496194     PISSN: 17908418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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