Defining visitor satisfaction in the context of camping oriented nature-based tourism - the driving force of quality!

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-156

  O'Neill, Martin A ^a   Riscinto Kozub, Kristen A ^b   van Hyfte, Missy ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LASELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nature based tourism; Quality; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951644042     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766710364541     Document Type: Article

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