Importance-performance analysis as a diagnostic tool for urban destination managers

Anatolia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-48

  Griffin, Tony ^a   Edwards, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Destination attributes; Destination management; Importance performance analysis; Urban tourism

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84868115078     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2011.653630     Document Type: Article

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