A study of experience expectations of museum visitors

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-60

  Sheng, Chieh Wen ^a   Chen, Ming Chia ^b  

^a CHIHLEE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Experience expectation; Preference for visiting; Visitor study

Indexed keywords

MUSEUM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 80052452819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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