Social and psychological factors influencing destination preferences of domestic tourists in India

Leisure Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-217

  Madhavan, Harikrishna ^a   Rastogi, Rajat ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

destination choice; domestic tourists; factor analysis; India; statistical tests

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HERITAGE TOURISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ANDHRA PRADESH; HYDERABAD [ANDHRA PRADESH]; INDIA; TIRUPATI;

EID: 84877287851     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2011.632781     Document Type: Article

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