Market segmentation in tourism: An operational assessment framework

Quantitative Methods in Tourism Economics

Volumn 9783790828795, Issue , 2013, Pages 329-352

  Katsoni, Vicky ^a   Giaoutzi, Maria ^b   Nijkamp, Peter ^c  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84930747802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2879-5_18     Document Type: Chapter

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