Cave tourism: Tourists' characteristics, motivations to visit, and the segmentation of their behavior

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-318

  Kim, Samuel Seongseop ^a   Kim, Miju ^a   Park, Jungwoong ^a   Guo, Yingzhi ^b  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geotourism cave tourism; Motivation

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOTOURISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 51849151621     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941660802280448     Document Type: Article

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