Performance of Environmental Resources of a Tourist Destination: Concept and Application

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 614-630

  Mihalič, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

destination competitiveness; environmental tourism resources; importance performance analysis (IPA); Slovenia; tourism policy; tourism created resources; visitor satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; POLICY MAKING; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 84880982669     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287513478505     Document Type: Article

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