1st Edition

Family, Children, and Tourism in China

Edited By Mimi Li, Xinran Lehto Copyright 2022
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

This edited volume explores various issues in family tourism studies and complements the dramatic development of this market segment in China. The book concentrates on family and children tourism, and through its chapters, hopes to enrich the landscape of family tourism in academia. The family market in tourism has received increasing attention over past decades. Yet academic endeavors in this... Read more

Introduction: 40 Years of Family Tourism Research-Bibliometric Analysis and Remaining Issues  
Mimi Li, Xinran Y. Lehto and Huahua Li 
1. The Grand Tour in the Twenty-first Century: Perspectives of Chinese Adolescents and Their Parents 
Zhuowei (Joy) Huang and Qian Li 
2. Exploring the Influence of Family Holiday Travel on the Subjective Well-being of Chinese Adolescents 
Mingjie Gao, Mark E. Havitz and Luke R. Potwarka 
3. The Constructions of Family Holidays in Young Middle-class Malaysian Chinese Children 
Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore and Mona Jihyun Yang 
4. Spatial Memory Bias in Children Tourists 
Xiaoting Huang, Linlin Zhang and Lucie Ihnatoliova 
5. What do Parents Look for in an Overseas Youth Summer Camp? Perspectives of Chinese Parents 
Xinran Y. Lehto, Xiaoxiao Fu, Ksenia Kirillova and Chen Bi 
6. Vacation Travel, Marital Satisfaction, and Subjective Wellbeing: A Chinese Perspective 
Liping Cai, Saerom Wang and Yunzi Zhang 
7. Is Airbnb a Good Choice for Family Travel? 
Pearl M. C. Lin 

Biography

Mimi Li is Associate Professor in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr Li is specialized in tourism marketing, tourist behavior, tourism planning, and China tourism related issues.

Xinran Y. Lehto is Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Purdue University. Dr Lehto is specialized in destination experience management and marketing consumer experiences and wellness in tourism issues.