Voyage through numinous space: Applying the specialization concept to new age tourism

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-46

  Pernecky, Tomas ^a   Johnston, Charles ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New Age; New Age tourism; New Age tourist; Quantitative methods; Specialization index; Spirituality; Wellness tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979950205     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2006.11081245     Document Type: Article

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