Social interactions and intentions to revisit for agritourism service encounters

Tourism Management

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 372-381

  Choo, Hyungsuk ^a   Petrick, James F ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agritourism; Revisit intentions; Satisfaction; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

MODELING; SURVEY METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84883143536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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