A conceptualization of the relationships between service quality and visitor satisfaction, and their links to destination selection

Leisure Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-80

  Tian Cole, Shu ^a   Cromption, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; MODEL; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 0038007794     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360306572     Document Type: Article

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