Inbound Travelers' Selection Criteria for Hotel Spas in Hong Kong

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 557-576

  Kucukusta, Deniz ^a   Pang, Loretta ^a   Chui, Sherry ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Hotel spas; selection criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882258016     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2013.810995     Document Type: Article

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