The relationship between international leisure travelers' origin country and product satisfaction, value, service quality, and intent to return

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 117-130

  McCleary, Ken W ^a   Weaver, Pamela A ^a   Hsu, Cathy H C ^b  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Culture; Leisure travel; Satisfaction; Service level; Value; Visitor origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447097658     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v21n02_09     Document Type: Article

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