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Trusinová, Romana. 2011. „Do young people measure happiness by the number of kilometres logged?“. Socioweb. ISSN 1214-1720. Available from: http://www.socioweb.cz/upl/editorial/download/197_SOCIOWEB_07_08_2011_.pdf

This article examines travel as a form of consumption behaviour. It begins by presenting some of the ideas outlined in Gilles Lipovetsky’s Le bonheur paradoxal. Then, using tourism statistics and statements of young people recorded in a qualitative study, it looks at how much Lipovetsky’s ideas can be inspirational for interpreting the attitudes of young Czechs towards travel.

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Value Orientations, Lifestyle

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