Health tourists visiting a highly volatile destination

Anatolia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-225

  Fuchs, Galia ^a   Reichel, Arie ^a  

^a Department of Hotel and Tourism Management   (Israel)

Author keywords

Destination risk perception; Health tourism; Religious tourism

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

DEAD SEA; ISRAEL;

EID: 79960804788     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2010.9687100     Document Type: Article

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