The use of ethnography to explore tourist satisfaction antecedents

Tourismos

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Christou, Prokopis ^a   Saveriades, Alexis ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Antecedents; Ethnography; Expectations; Needs; Tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953238710     PISSN: 17908418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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