Information searching and the travel behaviours of MICE travellers: A cross-cultural study

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-115

  Chiang, Che Chao ^a   King, Brian Edward ^b   Nguyen, Thu Huong ^b  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Information searching; MICE; Taiwan; Travel behaviours

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HERITAGE TOURISM; LANGUAGE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84856032172     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.833     Document Type: Article

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