Understanding travel motivations of Chinese tourists visiting Cairns, Australia

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-53

  Zhang, Yahua ^a   Peng, Yiqian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China outbound travel; Motivation; Pull factor; Push factor; Travel career pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907352747     PISSN: 14476770     EISSN: 18395260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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