Experience quality in the different phases of a tourist vacation: A case of Northern Norway

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 617-627

  Prebensen, Nina ^a   Woo, Eunju ^b   Chen, Joseph S ^c   Uysal, Muzaffer ^b  

^a University of Tromsø The Arctic University of Norway   (Norway)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Destination on site experience; En route experience; Factor analysis; Motivation; Pretrip experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874205806     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354212X13485873913921     Document Type: Article

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