Day tour itineraries: Searching for the balance between commercial needs and experiential desires

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1360-1372

  Wong, Cora Un In ^a   McKercher, Bob ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM STUDIES   (Macao)

^b THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Day tours; Itineraries; Macau SAR; Tour guides; Zero fare tours

Indexed keywords

MODELING; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHINA; MACAU;

EID: 84863198654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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