Profiling Japanese tourists visiting night markets in Taiwan

Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 25-44

  Chang, Janet ^a   Min, Jennifer C H ^b   Lin, Yueh Hsiu ^c   Chiang, Chun Huei ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSING WU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Japanese tourists; Night market; Novelty seeking; Taiwan; Tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649124701     PISSN: 1528008X     EISSN: 15280098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J162v08n02_02     Document Type: Article

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