Tourism Product Development for the Senior Market, Based on Travel-Motive Research

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-11

  Cleaver, Megan ^a   Muller, Thomas E ^a   Ruys, Hein F M ^b   Wei, Sherrie ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Tourism and Property Management ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84979582033     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.1999.11014852     Document Type: Article

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