Cross-cultural comparisons of tourist satisfaction: Assessing analytical robustness

Tourist Satisfaction and Complaining Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-150

  Dolnicar, Sara ^a   Grün, Bettina ^b   Le, Huong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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