GPTCCC: An instrument for measuring group package tour service

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-376

  Wang, Kuo Ching ^a   Hsieh, An Tien ^b   Chou, Shu Hui ^c   Lin, Yu Shan ^d  

^a Hospitality Management   (Taiwan)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Customer comment card (CCC); Group package tour (GPT); Service quality

Indexed keywords

LEISURE INDUSTRY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33845483103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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