Travel Motivations of Chinese Students in the United States: A Case Study of Chinese Students in Kent State University

China’s outbound market has been considered the most attractive by many tourism destinations. In addition, China became the leading place of origin for students to the United States. Due to the potential of the student market, research on student travel motivations will be important to the U.S. destination managers that want to attract members of this market segment. However, there is not enough research about Chinese students in the U.S. and their travel motivations. In consideration of the deficient research, this study utilized an online questionnaire to survey the Chinese full-time students in Kent State University, in order to answer four important questions. First, what push factors influence Chinese college students’ decisions to travel in the U.S.? Second, what pull factors influence their choice of destinations? Third, what are their preferred U.S. destinations? Fourth, do demographic characteristics and tourist roles have significant relationships with their motivations? Implications of results will be discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

MS

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration

Grantor dc:publisher

Kent State University

Year dc:date

2012

Author dc:creator

• Liao, Dan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lepp, Andrew

• Asian Studies
• Travel motivation
• Chinese college students
• push-pull factor

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1351212333

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:kent1351212333