Determinants of tourist satisfaction and intention to return

Tourism

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-221

  Marcussen, Carl H ^a  

^a Centre for Regional and Tourism Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Factor analysis; Intention to return; Loyalty; Multiple regression analysis; Tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051688301     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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