Consumer Goals in Vacation Decision Making

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-81

  Decrop, Alain ^a   Kozak, Metin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

consumer psychology; decision goals; multilevel decision making; tourism marketing; Tourist behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892951808     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2014.861722     Document Type: Article

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