Which one helps tourists most? Perspectives of international tourists using different navigation aids

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 350-369

  Chang, Hsuan Hsuan ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

international tourist; navigation; spatial knowledge; tourism image; wayfinding behavior; wayfinding efficiency

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; MAPPING; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NAVIGATION AID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84929270856     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2015.1016099     Document Type: Article

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