Segmenting the Vacationer Market: Identifying the Vacation Preferences,Demographics,and Magazine Readership of Each Group

Abstract

Five vacation segments having distinct vacation preferences were identified using respondents to a mail survey. These segments were found to differ both demo-graphically and with respect to their magazine readership patterns. Each vacation segment is described and some implications of the findings are presented.

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