Rural wellbeing tourism: Motivations and expectations

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 150-157

  Pesonen, Juho ^a   Komppula, Raija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Rural tourism; Tourist motivation; Tourist segmentation; Wellbeing tourism; Wellness tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053962177     PISSN: 14476770     EISSN: 18395260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jhtm.17.1.150     Document Type: Article

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