East versus West: A useful distinction or misleading myth

Tourism

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-20

  Moscardo, Gianna ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cross cultural research; Great Barrier Reef; Travel benefits

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 2442480671     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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