Comparative assessment of tourist satisfaction with destinations across two nationalities

Tourism Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 391-401

  Kozak, M ^a  

^a 48000   (Turkey)

Author keywords

British tourists; Comparative research; German tourists; Spain; Tourist satisfaction; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PERCEPTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; SPAIN; TURKEY;

EID: 0034998101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(00)00064-9     Document Type: Article

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