Marketing implications arising from a comparative study of international pleasure tourist motivations and other travel-related characteristics of visitors to Korea

Tourism Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-357

  Kim, Samuel Seongseop ^a   Prideaux, Bruce ^b  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Information sources; Korea; Marketing; Motivation; Trip planning

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; MARKETING; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 10444230418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2003.09.022     Document Type: Article

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