Intrastate travel experiences of international students and their perceptions of Western Australia as a tourist destination
This paper presents initial findings from a study examining the impact on Western Australian (WA) tourism of the growing number of international students in the state. Focusing on one university with the largest number of international students (3,946 onshore students in 2000) the study examines the...
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2002
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| author | Shanka, Tekle Ali-Knight, Jane Pope, Jeff |
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| description | This paper presents initial findings from a study examining the impact on Western Australian (WA) tourism of the growing number of international students in the state. Focusing on one university with the largest number of international students (3,946 onshore students in 2000) the study examines the intrastate travel behaviour and student perception of WA as a tourist destination. Both undergraduate and postgraduate international students were sent a self-administered questionnaire and this paper presents the findings of travel experiences of these students while doing their studies in the state. The results indicate the importance of the international student market for regional tourism and confirm its contribution to the domestic tourism market. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-910692023-05-23T00:57:21Z Intrastate travel experiences of international students and their perceptions of Western Australia as a tourist destination Shanka, Tekle Ali-Knight, Jane Pope, Jeff This paper presents initial findings from a study examining the impact on Western Australian (WA) tourism of the growing number of international students in the state. Focusing on one university with the largest number of international students (3,946 onshore students in 2000) the study examines the intrastate travel behaviour and student perception of WA as a tourist destination. Both undergraduate and postgraduate international students were sent a self-administered questionnaire and this paper presents the findings of travel experiences of these students while doing their studies in the state. The results indicate the importance of the international student market for regional tourism and confirm its contribution to the domestic tourism market. 2002 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91069 10.1177/146735840200300305 Henry Stewart Publications restricted |
| spellingShingle | Shanka, Tekle Ali-Knight, Jane Pope, Jeff Intrastate travel experiences of international students and their perceptions of Western Australia as a tourist destination |
| title | Intrastate travel experiences of international students and their perceptions of Western Australia as a tourist destination |
| title_full | Intrastate travel experiences of international students and their perceptions of Western Australia as a tourist destination |
| title_fullStr | Intrastate travel experiences of international students and their perceptions of Western Australia as a tourist destination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intrastate travel experiences of international students and their perceptions of Western Australia as a tourist destination |
| title_short | Intrastate travel experiences of international students and their perceptions of Western Australia as a tourist destination |
| title_sort | intrastate travel experiences of international students and their perceptions of western australia as a tourist destination |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91069 |