The contribution of vacations to quality of life

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-83

  Dolnicar, Sara ^a   Yanamandram, Venkata ^a   Cliff, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Holidays; Life satisfaction; Quality of life; Vacations

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 82755160866     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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