Household composition and the importance of experience attributes of nature based tourism activity products - A Norwegian case study of outdoor recreationists

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 822-832

  Tangeland, Torvald ^a,b   Aas, Øystein ^a,b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Household composition; Key experience attributes; Nature based tourism activity products; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEGMENTATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

NORWAY;

EID: 84856511785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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