Preference and positioning analyses of overseas destinations by mainland Chinese outbound pleasure tourists

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 212-220

  Kim, Samuel Seongseop ^a   Guo, Yingzhi ^b   Agrusa, Jerome ^c  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Destination; Positioning; Preference

Indexed keywords

TOURISM;

EID: 27344434099     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287505278979     Document Type: Article

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