Competitive importance-performance analysis of an Australian wildlife park

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Taplin, Ross H ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Quality services; Tourist attraction; Zoo management

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPETITIVENESS; PARK MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; ZOO;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052472126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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