Chinese outbound tourists' destination image of America: Part I

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-266

  Li, Xiang ^a   Stepchenkova, Svetlana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

associative network; Chinese outbound travel; destination image; perceptual maps

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859040927     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287511410349     Document Type: Article

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