Positioning analysis of overseas golf tour destinations by Korean golf tourists

Tourism Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 905-917

  Kim, Samuel Seongseop ^a   Chun, Hejin ^a   Petrick, James F ^b  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination; Golf tour; MDS; Positioning

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPORTS FACILITY; TOURISM;

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

EID: 26844462719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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