When Middle East meets West: Understanding the motives andperceptions of young tourists from United Arab Emirates

Tourism Management

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-45

  Prayag, Girish ^a   Hosany, Sameer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab tourists; Luxury consumption; Motivation; Paris; Perceived image; Push pull framework; Segmentation; UAE

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; PERCEPTION; SEGMENTATION; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; SHARJAH [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84879353355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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