Risk Perceptions of a Mixed-Image Destination: The Case of Turkey's First-Time Versus Repeat Leisure Visitors

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-268

  Karamustafa, Kurtulus ^a   Fuchs, Galia ^b   Reichel, Arie ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

destination risk perception; first time versus repeat visitors; mixed destination image; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874468723     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2011.641709     Document Type: Article

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