Puzzles in understanding Chinese tourist behaviour: Towards a triple-C gaze

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-157

  Pearce, Philip L ^a   Wu, Mao Ying ^a   Osmond, Amy ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broader cultural forces; Chinese outbound tourists; Tourist behaviour; Triple C gaze

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979752443     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2013.11081741     Document Type: Article

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