Bridging the gap for destination extreme sports: A model of sports tourism customer experience

Journal of Marketing Management

Volumn 27, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1341-1365

  Klaus, Phil ^a   Maklan, Stan ^b  

^a ESCEM School of Business and Management   (France)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consumption experiences; customer experience; experiential marketing; hedonic experiences; sports tourism; sports tourist experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857695968     PISSN: 0267257X     EISSN: 14721376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267257X.2011.624534     Document Type: Article

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