Who plays which tourist roles?— an australian perspective

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-54

  McGuiggan, Robyn ^a   Foo, Jo Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Eureka Strategic Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographics; Leisure tourist; MBTI; Personality; Tourist roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992027067     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v17n01_03     Document Type: Article

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