Destination and En-Route Experiences among Train Travellers to Tibet

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-190

  Su, Ming Ming ^a   Wall, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

expectations; motivations; Qinghai Tibet railway; satisfactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979591061     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2009.11081589     Document Type: Article

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