Motivations and experiences of Mainland Chinese medical tourists in Hong Kong

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1125-1127

  Ye, Ben Haobin ^a   Qiu, Hanqin Zhang ^b   Yuen, Peter P ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Mainland Chinese medical tourist; Motivation; Perceived discrimination

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79955474765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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