Empirical study of destination loyalty and its antecedent: The perspective of place attachment

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2721-2739

  Su, Hung Jen ^a   Cheng, Kong Fah ^a   Huang, Hui Hsiung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

attitude theory; place dependence; place identity; service quality; tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEISURE INDUSTRY; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84863293636     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2010.511188     Document Type: Article

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