Examining Chinese College Students’ Intention to Travel to Japan Using the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior: Testing Destination Image and the Mediating Role of Travel Constraints

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 113-131

  Park, Sung Hee ^a   Hsieh, Chi Ming ^b   Lee, Choong Ki ^c  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chinese students; destination image; extended theory of planned behavior; Japanese inbound tourism; TPB; travel constraints; travel intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961216030     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2016.1141154     Document Type: Article

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