The Qinghai-Tibet railway and Tibetan tourism: Travelers' perspectives

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 650-657

  Su, Ming Ming ^a   Wall, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Destination choice; Qinghai Tibet railway; Tibetan tourism

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 67349173153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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