Measuring tourist satisfaction: A factor-cluster segmentation approach

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-235

  Andriotis, Konstantinos ^a   Agiomirgianakis, George ^b   Mihiotis, Athanasios ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cluster; Crete; factor analysis; satisfaction; segmentation; sociodemographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449709781     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766708090584     Document Type: Article

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