Egypt's image as a tourist destination - a perspective of foreign tourists

Tourismos

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-65

  Mohamed, Ghada Abdalla ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Intention to return; Quality; Satisfaction; Tourism image; Willingness to recommend

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651517802     PISSN: 17908418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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