Tourist motivation and quality-of-life: In search of the missing link

Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents of Host Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 233-250

  Dann, Graham M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2288-0     Document Type: Chapter

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