Comparing Mainland Chinese Tourists' Satisfaction With Hong Kong and the UK Using Tourist Satisfaction Index

Journal of China Tourism Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 373-394

  Li, Gang ^a   Song, Haiyan ^b   Chen, Jason Li ^a   Wu, Doris Chenguang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese tourists; Hong Kong; structural equation modeling; Tourist satisfaction index; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922687078     PISSN: 19388160     EISSN: 19388179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388160.2012.729402     Document Type: Article

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