Place Attachment and Tourism Marketing: Investigating International Tourists in Singapore

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-152

  Tsai, Shu pei ^a  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Place attachment; Revisit behavior; Tourism destination; Tourism marketing

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; SENSE OF PLACE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84856037215     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.842     Document Type: Article

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