Research Processes for Evaluating Quality Experiences: Reflections from the ‘Experiences’ Field(s)

The Tourism and Leisure Experience: Consumer and Managerial Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 81-98

  Jennings, Gayle ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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