Which accessible travel products are people with disabilities willing to pay more? A choice experiment

Tourism Management

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 404-412

  Lyu, Seong Ok ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accessible travel; Choice experiment; People with disabilities; Travel products; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DISABILITY; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOBILITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84986630298     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.09.002     Document Type: Article

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