Web site-based destination images: A comparison of Macau and Hong Kong

Journal of China Tourism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-19

  Tang, Liang ^a   Scherer, Robert ^b   Morrison, Alastair M ^b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Consulting   (China)

Author keywords

CATPAC II; Destination image; Hong Kong; Macau; MATLAB; WORDER

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922685168     PISSN: 19388160     EISSN: 19388179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388160.2011.551042     Document Type: Article

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