Buyer characteristics among users of various travel intermediaries

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 51-62

  Wolfe, Kara ^a   Hsu, Cathy H C ^b   Kang, Soo K ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Internet; Online purchasing; Selection criteria; Travel agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015638135     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v17n02_05     Document Type: Article

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