Segmenting chinese outbound tourists by perceived constraints

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 629-643

  Li, Mimi ^a   Zhang, Hanqin ^a   Mao, Iris ^b   Deng, Claire ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese outbound tourists; Market segmentation; Travel constraint

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052152634     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2011.598747     Document Type: Article

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