The impact of destination attributes on Muslim tourist's choice

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 527-540

  Battour, Mohamed ^a   Ismail, Mohd Nazari ^a   Battor, Moustafa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Destination marketing; Islamic attributes; Islamic tourism; Muslim tourist

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; ISLAMISM; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 83455217619     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.824     Document Type: Article

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