Comparative performance analysis: Tourists' perceptions of Turkey relative to other tourist destinations

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 333-355

  Yüksel, Atila ^a   Yüksel, Fisun ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

measurement; performance relative to other destinations; quality improvement; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144456736     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135676670100700404     Document Type: Article

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