Interpretive consumer research: Uncovering the “whys” underlying tourist behavior

Handbook of Tourist Behavior: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-15

  Blichfeldt, Bodil Stilling ^a   Kessler, Inès ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84878397189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203881804-8     Document Type: Chapter

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