Validating a customer well-being index related to natural wildlife tourism

Tourism Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-180

  Lee, Dong Jin ^a   Kruger, Stefan ^b   Whang, Mee Jin ^a   Uysal, Muzaffer ^c   Sirgy, M Joseph ^c  

^a Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Marketing   (South Korea)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer loyalty; Customer perceived value; Customer well being; Length of stay; Natural wildlife tourism; Number of visits; Park visitor expenditures

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84899796246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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