Assessing mainland Chinese tourists' satisfaction with Hong Kong using tourist satisfaction index

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-96

  Song, Haiyan ^a   Li, Gang ^b   Van Der Veen, Robert ^a   Chen, Jason L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Partial least squares; Structural equation modelling; Tourist satisfaction index

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; RETAILING; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 78650778768     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.801     Document Type: Article

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