International Students’ Travel Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study of Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese in the UK

The study on consumer behaviour is popular among all industries, and tourism industry is gaining more focus. A comprehensive understanding of tourist behaviours enables the tour marketers and operators to grasp further market share. Chinese International student both from Mainland and Hong Kong are...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Qi, Xiao Ying
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25092/
_version_ 1848792918550118400
author Qi, Xiao Ying
author_facet Qi, Xiao Ying
author_sort Qi, Xiao Ying
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
collection Online Access
description The study on consumer behaviour is popular among all industries, and tourism industry is gaining more focus. A comprehensive understanding of tourist behaviours enables the tour marketers and operators to grasp further market share. Chinese International student both from Mainland and Hong Kong are noticeable segments in the UK with considerable profit could be explored. Few researches have been conducted tourists’ behavious research among International students. Furthermore, no such studied in cultural influence on their behaviours with comparison between sub-cultures: Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong Chinese. Accordingly, a detailed literature review on the relevant cultural issues has been reviewed. With a purpose to explore the dissimilarity of their tourists’ behavioural characteristics, this research utilised both secondary and primary data, and mixed research method was employed. As for the implication, this research contributes to tour operators in the UK in understanding, targeting and marketing the millions of Chinese International students from dissimilar cultural backgrounds. It is hoped that after this research, the value of this segment will be noted by local tour operators, and more effective marketing strategies as well as tailored services will be launched out.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T18:52:02Z
format Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
id nottingham-25092
institution University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T18:52:02Z
publishDate 2011
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling nottingham-250922018-02-16T14:13:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25092/ International Students’ Travel Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study of Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese in the UK Qi, Xiao Ying The study on consumer behaviour is popular among all industries, and tourism industry is gaining more focus. A comprehensive understanding of tourist behaviours enables the tour marketers and operators to grasp further market share. Chinese International student both from Mainland and Hong Kong are noticeable segments in the UK with considerable profit could be explored. Few researches have been conducted tourists’ behavious research among International students. Furthermore, no such studied in cultural influence on their behaviours with comparison between sub-cultures: Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong Chinese. Accordingly, a detailed literature review on the relevant cultural issues has been reviewed. With a purpose to explore the dissimilarity of their tourists’ behavioural characteristics, this research utilised both secondary and primary data, and mixed research method was employed. As for the implication, this research contributes to tour operators in the UK in understanding, targeting and marketing the millions of Chinese International students from dissimilar cultural backgrounds. It is hoped that after this research, the value of this segment will be noted by local tour operators, and more effective marketing strategies as well as tailored services will be launched out. 2011-09-22 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25092/1/International_Students%E2%80%99_Travel_Behaviour__A_cross-cultural_study_of_Mainland_and_Hong_Kong_Chinese_in_the_UK.pdf Qi, Xiao Ying (2011) International Students’ Travel Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study of Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese in the UK. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Qi, Xiao Ying
International Students’ Travel Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study of Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese in the UK
title International Students’ Travel Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study of Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese in the UK
title_full International Students’ Travel Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study of Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese in the UK
title_fullStr International Students’ Travel Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study of Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese in the UK
title_full_unstemmed International Students’ Travel Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study of Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese in the UK
title_short International Students’ Travel Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study of Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese in the UK
title_sort international students’ travel behaviour: a cross-cultural study of mainland and hong kong chinese in the uk
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25092/