Tourists' attitudes towards textiles and apparel-related cultural products: A cross-cultural marketing study

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 724-732

  Lee, Yuri ^a   Kim, Soyoung ^b   Seock, Yoo Kyoung ^b   Cho, Yunjin ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Cultural product; Textiles and apparel

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; MARKETING; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67349253595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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