Domestic tourism demand of urban and rural residents in China: Does relative income matter?

Tourism Management

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-202

  Yang, Yang ^a   Liu, Ze Hua ^b   Qi, Qiuyin ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Domestic tourism demand; Multilevel model; Relative income

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL POPULATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84880299104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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