The use and perceived usefulness of information sources among Japanese overseas tourists Academic Article

abstract

• This investigation into the use and perceived usefulness of information among Japanese outbound travellers reports on the findings of a survey conducted with over 1,200 Japanese travellers. The research examines information use by travellers about a range of travel components including restaurants, attractionsand accommodation at both the before and during travel phases. It was found that travel guidebooks were the most heavily used source of information and their usefulness was evaluated as one of the highest during both phases. Using correspondence analysis, it is shown that while travel guidebooks were used heavily for finding out about most travel components, the only component that did not show significant reliance on information from travel guidebooks at either the prior to or during travel phases was accommodation.

authors

• King, Brian

published proceedings

• TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY RESEARCH

author list (cited authors)

• Nishimura, S., Waryszak, R., & King, B.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Nishimura, Sachiko||Waryszak, Robert||King, Brian

publication date

• August 2006

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Tourism and Hospitality Research: the Surrey quarterly review  Journal

keywords

• Information Sources
• Japanese Tourists
• Travel Components

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1057/palgrave.thr.6050021

start page

• 284

end page

• 295

volume

• 6

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.thr.6050021