Motivations and perceived value of volunteer tourists from Hong Kong

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-334

  Lo, Ada S ^a   Lee, Candy Y S ^a  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Motivation; Value; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 78649806641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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