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dc.contributor.authorKwek, Anna
dc.contributor.authorLee, Young-Sook
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:57:08Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:57:08Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-08T06:48:37Z
dc.identifier.issn10941665
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10941661003629946
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/31113
dc.description.abstractDespite the widespread belief in the significance of Confucianism on the behaviour of Mainland Chinese people, limited empirical studies have been conducted to examine the Chinese cultural and philosophical ideology in a tourism context. As an exploratory attempt, this paper investigates the influence of Confucian values on Mainland Chinese corporate travellers at leisure on the Gold Coast, Australia. Based on participant observations of group package tours, this paper suggests that the notion of harmony dominates and underlines the Chinese tourists' behaviour as tourists. The notion of harmony, further, was intricately related with such themes as respect for authority, relationship building or guanxi and conformity. Heavily influenced by the values of Confucianism, the travellers placed much emphasis on maintaining not only the correct and appropriate behaviour, which included paying due respect to one's superior, but also practising forbearance conforming to the interests of a wider group rather than individual desires. Relationship building appears to be a salient motivation, underlying the behaviour of the tourists. Confirming the suggestions from other disciplinary fields, such as Chinese psychology and social psychology, this paper highlights the need for more research attempts in this area for practical and theoretical advancements in our understanding. Keywords: Confucianism; Chinese corporate leisure travellers
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeHong Kong
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom129
dc.relation.ispartofpageto141
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAsia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3508
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350899
dc.titleChinese Tourists and Confucianism
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 Routledge. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorKwek, Anna S.


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