Does one culture all think the same? An investigation of destination image perceptions from several origins

Tourism Review

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 13-26

  Mccartney, Glenn ^a  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Culture; Ethnic groups; Perception; Tourism; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993089916     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605370810912182     Document Type: Article

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