The use of guidebooks by Japanese overseas tourists: A quantitative approach

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-284

  Nishimura, Sachiko ^a   Waryszak, Robert ^a   King, Brian ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extended information use; Guidebook; Japanese tourists

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 33846492469     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287506295907     Document Type: Article

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