Souvenir shopping attitudes and behavior among chinese domestic tourists: An exploratory study

Journal of China Tourism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-204

  Li, Mimi ^a   Cai, Liping A ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Domestic tourists; Shopping attitudes; Souvenir shopping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455195910     PISSN: 19388160     EISSN: 19388179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388160802313787     Document Type: Article

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