Motivation segmentation of Chinese tourists visiting the US

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-520

  Li, Xiangping ^a   Xu, Yueying ^b   Weaver, Pamela A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese tourists; Factor cluster segmentation; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907656964     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354209X12596287114336     Document Type: Article

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