Segmenting American and Japanese Tourists on novelty-seeking at night markets in Taiwan

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-406

  Chang, Janet ^a   Chiang, Chun Hui ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Market segmentation; Night market; Novelty seeking

Indexed keywords

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751014327     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941660600931242     Document Type: Article

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