The role of Islamic religiosity on the relationship between perceived value and tourist satisfaction

Tourism Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 477-488

  Eid, Riyad ^a,b   El Gohary, Hatem ^c,d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

^c BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Customer value; Islamic religiosity; Structural equation modeling (SEM); Tourism industry

Indexed keywords

ISLAMISM; LEISURE INDUSTRY; RELIGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; MODELING; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84907081347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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