Expenditure-based segmentation of sport tourists

Journal of Sport and Tourism

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-21

  Dixon, Anthony W ^a   Backman, Shelia ^b   Backman, Kenneth ^b   Norman, William ^b  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event sport tourism; Market segmentation; Sport tourist expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859499904     PISSN: 14775085     EISSN: 10295399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14775085.2011.635017     Document Type: Article

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