Service quality and customers’ willingness to pay more for travel services

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 95-110

  Dean, Alison ^a   Morgan, Damian ^a   Tan, Tang Eng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Price sensitivity; Service quality; Travel services; Willingness to pay more

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144250721     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v12n02_06     Document Type: Article

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