Benefit segmentation of potential wellbeing tourists

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-314

  Pesonen, Juho ^a   Laukkanen, Tommi ^a   Komppula, Raija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

benefit segmentation; cluster analysis; tourism; wellbeing; wellness

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053971409     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766711423322     Document Type: Article

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