Independent tourist knowledge and skills

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1035-1054

  Tsaur, Sheng Hshiung ^a   Yen, Chang Hua ^b   Chen, Chia Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conceptualization; Independent travel; Knowledge; Measure

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH WORK; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956266428     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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