Using demographics and leisure activities to predict satisfaction with tourism services in Greece

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-82

  Tsiotsou, Rodoula ^a   Vasioti, Eleytheria ^b  

^a ATEI of Crete ^*  (Greece)

^b Region of Hepeiros   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consumer satisfaction; Leisure activities; Tourism services; Tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746640898     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: 15410897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v14n02_05     Document Type: Article

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