Images as pull factors of a tourist destination: A factor-cluster segmentation analysis

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-226

  Prayag, Girish ^a  

^a SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Destination image; Pull factors; Segmentation; Sociodemographics; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355177887     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354210X12724863327768     Document Type: Article

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