Towards A Contextual Turn in Visitor Studies: Evaluating Visitor Segmentation and Identity-Related Motivations

Visitor Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-140

  Dawson, Emily ^a   Jensen, Eric ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855461688     PISSN: 10645578     EISSN: 19347715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10645578.2011.608001     Document Type: Article

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