A study of southeast Asia tourists’ perceptions of service quality in the San Francisco bay area

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 35-60

  Qu, Hailin ^a   Hyun jung, Holly ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; International tourist; San francisco; Service quality; Southeast asia; The bay area

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649036249     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548400209511567     Document Type: Article

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