Cultural differences in travel guidebooks information search

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-78

  Osti, Linda ^a,b   Turner, Lindsay W ^b   King, Brian ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian travellers; Cross cultural comparison; Information needs; Travel guidebooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849175232     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766708098172     Document Type: Article

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