Assessing mainland Chinese visitors' satisfaction with shopping in Taiwan

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-268

  Lin, Yueh Hsiu ^a   Lin, Kelly Q R ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mainland Chinese visitors; Professional groups; Satisfaction; Shopping behavior

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749845377     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941660600753281     Document Type: Article

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