Cultural comparison of tourists' safety perception in relation to trip satisfaction

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-192

  Tasci, Asli D A ^a   Boylu, Yasin ^a  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

European tourists; Product failure; Safety and security; Service failure; Service recovery; Turkey

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SECURITY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

TURKEY;

EID: 77952083035     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.745     Document Type: Article

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