Investigating the significance of VFR visits to international students

Journal of Marketing for Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-77

  Taylor, Ruth ^a   Shanka, Tekle ^a   Pope, Jeff ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Export; International students; Marketing; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954433369     PISSN: 08841241     EISSN: 15407144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J050v14n01_04     Document Type: Article

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