Cross-cultural comparsion of international tourist destination images

Tourism, Culture and Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-199

  Chang, Hsuan Hsuan ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Destination image; Tourism image; Tourist night market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869804166     PISSN: 1098304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/109830412X13346876802239     Document Type: Article

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