The effect of uncertainty avoidance on information search, planning, and purchases of international travel vacations

Tourism Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-202

  Money, R Bruce ^a   Crotts, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Information search; National culture; Travel and tourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 0037389893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(02)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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