Visitors' characteristics of guided interpretation tours

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1167-1181

  Chen, Huei Ju ^a   Hwang, Shiuh Nan ^b   Lee, Chuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Personal interpretation; Tourist involvement; Tourist specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751118481     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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