Using ski destination choice criteria to segment Finnish ski resort customers

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1096-1105

  Konu, Henna ^a   Laukkanen, Tommi ^a   Komppula, Raija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Segmentation; Ski destination choice attributes; Ski destination resort

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPORT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

FINLAND; LAPLAND;

EID: 79955463471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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