Exploring indian tourists' motivation and perception of bangkok

Tourismos

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-79

  Siri, Raktida ^a,b   Kennon, Lisa ^b   Josiam, Bharath ^b   Spears, Daniel ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Indian tourist; Thailand; Tourist's motivation; Tourist's perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863874042     PISSN: 17908418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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