Students' travel behaviour: A cross-cultural comparison of UK and China

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-268

  Xu, Feifei ^a   Morgan, Michael ^a   Song, Ping ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Motivation; Student travel; Travel behaviour; Travel career

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; STUDENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649515346     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.686     Document Type: Article

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