Interaction among fellow cruise passengers: Diverse experiences and impacts

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 547-567

  Huang, Jue ^a   Hsu, Cathy H C ^b  

^a Beijing Hospitality Institute   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cruise experience; Customer to customer interaction; Tourist to tourist interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450008447     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548400903163103     Document Type: Article

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