Quality of life and tourism: A conceptual framework and novel segmentation base

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 724-729

  Dolnicar, Sara ^a   Lazarevski, Katie ^a   Yanamandram, Venkata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Market segmentation; Quality of Life; Travel motivations; Vacations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875814315     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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