Outbound tourists' selection criteria for choosing all-inclusive package tours

Tourism Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 581-592

  Wong, Chak keung Simon ^a   Yan Kwong, Wai Yan ^b  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Kuoni Travel Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

All inclusive packages tours; Hong Kong; Outbound tourists; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; TOURISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 3042643502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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