Tourist Word of Mouth and Revisit Intentions to Rural Tourism Destinations: A Case of North Dakota, USA

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-104

  Phillips, Woomi Jo ^a   Wolfe, Kara ^b   Hodur, Nancy ^a   Leistritz, F Larry ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination image; Perceived value; Revisit intention; Rural tourism; Satisfaction; WOM

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871023015     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.879     Document Type: Article

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