Gratuitous referrals: A subset of visitor search activities and decision strategies at destination for travel-related services

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 39-52

  Rompf, Paul D ^a   Ricci, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratuitous referrals; Visitor at destination informational search; Visitor at destination venue decisions; local referrals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846299532     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v18n02_04     Document Type: Article

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