Transport choice behaviour of Chinese and Australian tourists in Scotland

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-65

  Hough, Gary ^a   Hassanien, Ahmed ^b  

^a Xperience Club   (United Kingdom)

^b Edinburgh Napier University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australian and Chinese tourists; Consumer behaviour; Internal pre purchase transport choice; Transport mode

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749108508     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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