A cross-cultural comparison of memorable tourism experiences of American and Taiwanese college students

Anatolia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-351

  Kim, Jong Hyeong ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

college students; cross cultural study; memorable tourism experience; memory; tourism experience

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HERITAGE TOURISM; HIGHER EDUCATION; MEMORY; STUDENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889245674     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2012.762586     Document Type: Article

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