Measuring service quality of travel agents: Evidence from northern Cyprus

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 82-100

  Johns, Nick ^a   Avcí, Turgay ^b   Karatepe, Osman M ^b  

^a Glion Institute of Higher Education ^*  (Switzerland)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURISM;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 3242667372     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264206042000247777     Document Type: Article

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