Research on China Outbound Market: A Meta-Review

ABSTRACT This article presents a meta-review of 30 academic articles that have been published about China's outbound tourism market. The articles have been categorized into three research streams: market overview, destination specific from secondary data, and destination specific from primary consumer data. Implications for future research are included.

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