Profiling the segments of senior tourists throughout motivation and travel characteristics

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 1454-1469

  Alén, Elisa ^a   Losada, Nieves ^a   de Carlos, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

motivation; senior; social tourism; tourism; travel characteristics; VFR

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; LEISURE INDUSTRY; LIFESTYLE; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 84923059743     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2015.1007927     Document Type: Article

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