The Dao of the sceptic and the spiritual: Attitudinal and cultural influences on preferences for sustainable tourism services in the domestic Chinese tourism market

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 281-304

  Barkmann, Jan ^a   Yan, Jiong ^b   Zschiegner, Anne Kathrin ^a,c   Marggraf, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Destination choice; Domestic Chinese tourists; Images of nature; Preferences; Sustainable tourism; Tourist attitudes

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; CHINESE TOURISTS; DESTINATION CHOICE; IMAGES OF NATURE; PREFERENCES; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; TOURIST ATTITUDES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949695909     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: 1741525X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijstm.2010.032083     Document Type: Article

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