Assessment of the relationship between perceived safety at a vacation site and destination choice decisions: Extending the behavioral decision-making model

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Sirakaya, Ercan ^a   Sheppard, Anthony G ^b   McLellan, Robert W ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Destination choice; Destination image; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002408188     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109634809702100201     Document Type: Article

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