Subjective well-being and personality: Implications for wellness tourism

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 187, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-64

  Malkina Pykh, I G ^a   Pykh, Y A ^a  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Leisure vacation satisfaction; Personality; Rhythmic movement therapy; Subjective well being; Wellness tourism

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930372847     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ST140051     Document Type: Article

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