The learning tourist: The role of identity-related visit motivations

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 223-232

  Falk, John H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free choice; Identity; Learning; Motivations; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857935829     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427311X13195453163010     Document Type: Article

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