Responding to disaster: Thai and scandinavian tourists' motivation to visit Phuket, Thailand

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 422-432

  Bongkosh Ngamsom, Rittichainuwat ^a  

^a SIAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Motivation; Phuket; Scandinavian; Thai; Thailand; Thanatourism; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

NATURAL DISASTER; SAFETY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHUKET [SOUTHERN REGION]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

THAIS;

EID: 42449132084     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287507308323     Document Type: Article

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