Family recreation: A study of visitors who travel with children

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-267

  Lee, Bob ^a   Graefe, Alan ^b   Burns, Robert ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family recreation; Outdoors; Travel motivation; Travel with children; Youth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979747095     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2008.9674565     Document Type: Article

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