Based on the historical, political, economic and cultural relationship between China and Korea, themechanism of tourist flows between two countries have unavoidably been involved complex and multifaceted backgrounds. The international links between origin region and destination, and tourists'...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the roles of historical nostalgia and novelty seeking influencing attitude to visit North Korea in the range of South Korean tourists. Based on previous studies, 8 hypotheses were derived and two theoretical research models were proposed. The...

The analysis of tourism behaviour as an outcome of individual decision making has recently been an emerging focus in tourism research. The conventional approach to the analysis of tourism behaviour typically associates a particular choice behaviour with some travel motivations or a priori selected...

Tourism is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing industries, and female travelers continue to contribute to the growth of the industry. However, little conceptual research has been conducted on overseas travel behavior and the role of gender in the decision-making process. Thus, this study ...

This study analysed the preferences of international urban travellers by focusing on European, North American, and Japanese travellers to Seoul, South Korea, and attempted to identify the relationship between preferences and expenditures for the attributes or activities. Data used are obtained from ...

This study assesses the importance placed on different attributes of hotel selection by guests from Japan and the USA and cultural differences of these 2 groups who make up the major market segments for Korean international tourist hotels. Hofstede's four cultural dimensions of cultural values have ...