Sport Tourists' Involvement with a Destination: A Stage-Based Examination

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-124

  Filo, Kevin ^a   Chen, Nan ^a   King, Ceridwyn ^b   Funk, Daniel C ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

destination involvement; segmentation; sport tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871383388     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348011425496     Document Type: Article

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