VFR travel: It is underestimated

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-79

  Backer, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

VFR definition; VFR travel; Visiting friends and relatives

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052484092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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