Determinants of travel mode choice of senior travelers to the united states

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 147-168

  Bai, Billy ^a   Jang, Shawn Soocheong ^a   Cai, Liping A ^a   O’Leary, Joseph T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination marketing; International travel; Regression analysis; Senior traveler; Travel mode choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986909416     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v08n03_10     Document Type: Article

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