Travel motivation: A critical review of the concept's development

Tourism Management: Analysis, Behaviour and Strategy

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 14-27

  Hsu, Cathy H C ^a   Huang, Songshan ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allocentrism psychocentrism.; Travel career ladder; Travel career pattern, push pull, escaping seeking dimensions; Travel motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890180524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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