A Review of Chinese Outbound Tourism Research and the Way Forward

Journal of China Tourism Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Tse, Tony S M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China outbound tourism; destination image; source market; tourism policy; tourist motives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924859239     PISSN: 19388160     EISSN: 19388179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388160.2014.984798     Document Type: Article

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