Estimating the size of the Chinese outbound travel market: A demand-side approach

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-259

  Uysal, Muzaffer ^b   Burnett, Traverse ^c  

^a Robert) Li, Xiang   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^c Travel Industry Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese outbound tourism; Incidence rate; Internationaltourism; Market size; Supply and demand; Tier I cities; Tier II cities

Indexed keywords

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70449717052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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