The influence of competition on visitor satisfaction and loyalty

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 238-246

  Taplin, Ross H ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Competition; Loyalty; Satisfaction; Tourism; Visitor studies; Zoo

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); METROPOLITAN AREA; SURVEY METHOD; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; ZOO; SKEWNESS;

EID: 84872584946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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