Make it memorable: Customer experiences in winter amusement parks

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-91

  Slåtten, Terje ^a   Krogh, Christian ^a   Connolley, Steven ^a  

^a Department of Tourism   (Norway)

Author keywords

Customers; Experience; Norway; Theme parks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873290446     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506181111111780     Document Type: Article

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