Influences of travel constraints on the people with disabilities' intention to travel: An application of Seligman's helplessness theory

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 569-579

  Lee, Bong Koo ^a   Agarwal, Sheela ^b   Kim, Hyun Ji ^a  

^a Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraints; Disabled tourism; Learned helplessness; Travel intention

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

LACUNA;

EID: 84455161070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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