Assessing tourism supply quality using formative indicators: Implications for destination management

Tourism Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-425

  Dmitrović, Tanja ^a   Žabkar, Vesna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Destination attributes; Destination management; Destination quality; Formative measurement; Loyalty; Visitor satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPETITIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL VALIDATION; PERCEPTION; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 77952718346     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000010791305608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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