Ghosts: A travel barrier to tourism recovery

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 437-459

  Rittichainuwat, Bongkosh ^a  

^a SIAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cross culture; Destination recovery; Thai and Chinese tourists and Thai tourism; Thai culture; Travel barrier

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; DECISION MAKING; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CHINA; GERMANY; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953163875     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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