A study of pre-trip use of travel guidebooks by leisure travelers

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 616-628

  Simon Wong, Chak Keung ^a   Gladys Liu, Fung Ching ^a  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Information search; Leisure travelers; Travel guidebooks

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 78650992942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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