Yoga tourism as a niche within the wellness tourism market

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-35

  Lehto, Xinran Y ^a   Brown, Sally ^b   Chen, Yl ^b   Morrison, Alastair M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and wellness tourism; Involvement; Special interest tourism; Well being; Yoga tourists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979884886     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2006.11081244     Document Type: Article

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