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Are Green Tourists a Managerially Useful Target Segment?

Sara Dolnicar School of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Commerce, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Katrina Matus Faculty of Commerce, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Pages 314-334 | Published online: 11 Oct 2008

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