Chinese Outbound Tourism Research: A Review

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 440-453

  Jin, Xin ^a   Wang, Ying ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese outbound tourism; hybrid review; research progress

Indexed keywords

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84961575222     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287515608504     Document Type: Article

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