Chinese international students. An avant-garde of independent travellers?

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 130-139

  King, Brian ^a   Gardiner, Sarah ^b  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backpacker; Chinese tourism; Independent travel; International student; International tourist; Youth tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924516603     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1971     Document Type: Article

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