Medical tourism—attracting japanese tourists for medical tourism experience

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-86

  Lee, Misung ^a   Han, Heesup ^a   Lockyer, Tim ^b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Japanese tourist; Medical tourism; Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB); Travel intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867142303     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2012.638564     Document Type: Article

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