Chinese Tourist Vacation Satisfaction and Subjective Well-being

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-64

  Chen, Yi ^a   Fu, Xiaoxiao ^b   Lehto, Xinran Y ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese tourist; Subjective well being; Travel duration, Travel experience; Travel frequency; Travel satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027955216     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-014-9354-y     Document Type: Article

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