Examining a hierarchical model of Australia’s destination image

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-210

  Assaker, Guy ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Australia; destination attributes; destination image; hierarchical models; PLS SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907197915     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766714527104     Document Type: Article

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