Cruise visitors' experience in a mediterranean port of call

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-404

  Andriotis, Konstantinos ^a   Agiomirgianakis, George ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activities; Cruise experience; Intention to return; Motivation; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

CRUISE REPORT; PASSENGER SHIP; PORT;

EID: 77954430973     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.770     Document Type: Article

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