The Rise of Touristic Consumerism in Urban China

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 47-58

  Wang, Ning ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; consumption; domestic tourism; outbound tourism; Touristic consumerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979527294     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2004.11081443     Document Type: Article

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