Happiness and Outdoor Vacations Appreciative versus Consumptive Tourists

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179-192

  Bimonte, Salvatore ^a   Faralla, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

appreciative tourist; consumptive tourist; environmental attitudes; happiness

Indexed keywords

LEISURE INDUSTRY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84922241833     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287513513171     Document Type: Article

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