Importance and dimensionality of senior motorcoach traveler choice attributes

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 51-70

  Hsu, Cathy H C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice attributes; Confirmatory factor analysis; Motorcoach; Seniors; Tour

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016668694     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v08n03_04     Document Type: Article

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