The contribution of holiday trips to life satisfaction: the case of people with disabilities

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 524-538

  Pagán, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

disability; Germany; holiday trips; life satisfaction; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926256423     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2013.860086     Document Type: Article

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