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Who Uses Highway Welcome Centers?
Steven Muha
Highway welcome centers are operated in most states. This article investigates visitors to these welcome centers and discusses their demographic and expenditure patterns. Comparisons are made to nonwelcome center visitors in terms of trip and traveler characteristics. The differences in a first-time visitor and a repeat visitor are also analyzed.
Journal of Travel Research, Vol. 15, No. 3,
1-4 (1977)
DOI: 10.1177/004728757701500301
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