Marketing the leisure experience to baby boomers and older tourists

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 254-272

  Patterson, Ian ^a   Pegg, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Cohorts; Leisure experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010508461     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 15410897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368620802594136     Document Type: Article

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