The antecedents of memorable tourism experiences: The development of a scale to measure the destination attributes associated with memorable experiences

Tourism Management

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-45

  Kim, Jong Hyeong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Destination attributes; Memorable tourism experiences; Scale development; Tourism experiences

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84896126527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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