Satisfaction or quality comes first: An empirical analysis

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-96

  Kim, Kakyom ^a   Severt, Denver E ^b  

^a Johnson and Wales University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendees; Entertainment; Future behavior; Quality; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551714055     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2011.535445     Document Type: Article

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