Cultural conflicts or cultural cushion?

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 321-349

  Ye, Ben Haobin ^a   Zhang, Hanqin Qiu ^b   Yuen, Peter P ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anticipated discrimination; Cultural distance; Hong Kong; Intercultural competence; Perceived discrimination

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84886592038     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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