Modelling perceived quality, visitor satisfaction and behavioural intentions at the destination level

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 537-546

  Žabkar, Vesna ^a   Brenčič, Maja Makovec ^a   Dmitrović, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Behavioural intention; Destination management; Formative indicators; Quality; Satisfaction; Tourist destination

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 77049118266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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