Potential Chinese travellers to Western Europe: segmenting motivations and service expectations

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 725-743

  Prayag, Girish ^a   Cohen, Scott Allen ^b   Yan, Hongliang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

independent backpacker travel; Mainland China; outbound tourism; segmentation; service expectations; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931561242     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2013.868413     Document Type: Article

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