Determinants of customer satisfaction with thermal hotels

Anatolia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-68

  Emir, Oktay ^a   Saraçli, Sinan ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Structural equation modeling; Thermal hotels; Tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; THERMAL SPRING; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 80051823149     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2011.556221     Document Type: Article

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