Positive tourism image perceptions attract travellers - Fact or fiction? the case of Beijing visitors to Macao

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-193

  McCartney, Glenn ^a   Butler, Richard ^a,b   Bennett, Marion ^c  

^a Insights Unlimited ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attraction attributes; Destination brand image

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949092987     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766708100823     Document Type: Article

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