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Segmenting Chinese Outbound Tourists by Perceived Constraints

Mimi Li School of Hotel & Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hanqin Zhang School of Hotel & Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Iris Mao School of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure, Edith Cowan University in Joondalup, WA, Australia
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Claire Deng School of Hotel & Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
Pages 629-643 | Received 24 Sep 2010, Accepted 11 May 2011, Published online: 25 Aug 2011

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