Product Information
Culture Smart provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * do's, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspokenProduct Identifiers
PublisherKuperard Publishers
ISBN-101857333683
ISBN-139781857333688
eBay Product ID (ePID)57004082
Product Key Features
Number of Pages168 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHong Kong : a Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Publication Year2006
SubjectEtiquette, Popular Culture, Asia / China, Customs & Traditions, Asia / Southeast
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaTravel, Référence, Social Science
AuthorClaire Vickers
SeriesCulture Smart! Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.3 Oz
Item Length6.7 in
Item Width4.4 in
Additional Product Features
ReviewsCulture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers, Sunday Times Travel - ...the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries, Global Travel - ...full of fascinating, as well as common sense
Target AudienceTrade