A study of the impact of travel satisfaction on the likelihood of travelers to revisit thailand

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 19-43

  Rittichainuwat, Bongkosh Ngamsom ^a   Qu, Hailin ^b   Mongknonvanit, Chollada ^a  

^a SIAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood of revisiting; Thailand; Travel satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144227538     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v12n02_03     Document Type: Article

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