Examining the antecedents of destination loyalty in a forest setting

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 463-481

  Lee, Joohyun ^a   Graefe, Alan R ^b   Burns, Robert C ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity involvement; Destination loyalty; Satisfaction; Service quality

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 34848856817     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400701544634     Document Type: Article

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