An exploratory study on the satisfaction and barriers of online trip planning to China: American college students' experience

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 203-226

  Pan, Bing ^a   Li, Xiang Robert ^b   Zhang, Lixuan Grace ^a   Smith, Wayne W ^a  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; China; Satisfaction; Trip planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749131058     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10507050802097164     Document Type: Article

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