Examining Japanese tourists' US-bound travel constraints

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 705-722

  He, Lin ^a   Cardon, Peter W ^b  

^a Robert)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

international travel; Japanese outbound tourism; travel constraints; US bound travel

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; PANEL DATA; PERCEPTION; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906502919     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2012.749842     Document Type: Article

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