Tourists to Lhasa, Tibet: How Local Youth Classify, Understand and Respond to Different Types of Travelers

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 549-572

  Wu, Mao Ying ^a   Pearce, Philip L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

classifying tourists; host gaze; preferences for tourists; Tibetan youth; tourism experience

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HERITAGE TOURISM; PERCEPTION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

CHINA; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 84880065458     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2012.680975     Document Type: Article

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