Predicting intended and actual travel behaviors: An examination of Chinese outbound tourists to Australia

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-330

  Chow, Ivy ^a   Murphy, Peter ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese outbound tourists; Demographics; Prediction; Psychographics; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957591094     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2011.563166     Document Type: Article

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