Understanding the relationships of quality, value, equity, satisfaction, and behavioral intentions among golf travelers

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-308

  Hutchinson, Joe ^a   Lai, Fujun ^b   Wang, Youcheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intention; Customer loyalty; Equity; Golf traveler; Satisfaction; Value

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 58649095883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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