An empirical structural model of tourists and places: Progressing involvement and place attachment into tourism

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1141-1151

  Gross, Michael J ^a   Brown, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Involvement; Place attachment; Structural equation modelling; Tourism experiences

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; TOURISM; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 52049094348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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