A gay tourism market: Reality or illusion, benefit or burden?

Hospitality, Tourism, and Lifestyle Concepts: Implications for Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 57-74

  Hughes, Howard L ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gay tourism; Homosexuals and holidays; Lifestyle marketing; Market segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917162488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J162v05n02_04     Document Type: Chapter

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