Busy travelers: Leisure-travel patterns and meanings in later life

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 11-20

  Gibson, Heather J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Later Life; Leisure Travel; Meanings; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008377147     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2002.9674266     Document Type: Article

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