Identification of the profiles of women who take holiday decisions

Tourism Review

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-17

  Jose Barles Arizon M ^a   Fraj Andrés, Elena ^a   Matute Vallejo, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Lifestyles; Spain; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992957677     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605371011040870     Document Type: Review

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