Gender buying behaviour: German tourists – informal craft markets

African Journal of Economic and Management Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-221

  Küsel, Reulene ^a   Ras, Peter J ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Buying behaviour; Consumer behaviour; Crafts; Small enterprises; South Africa; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146098     PISSN: 20400705     EISSN: 20400713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20400701011073509     Document Type: Article

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