Developing destination loyalty: The case of hainan island

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 547-577

  Sun, Xiaoxia ^a   Geng Qing Chi, Christina ^b   Xu, Honggang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination familiarity; Destination image; Destination loyalty; Perceived value; Tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHINA; HAINAN;

EID: 84886586233     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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