Determinants of trip choice, satisfaction and loyalty in an eco-tourism destination: A modelling study on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Japan

Ecological Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 195-205

  Romão, João ^a,b   Neuts, Bart ^c   Nijkamp, Peter ^a,e   Shikida, Asami ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eco tourism; Marketing; Motivations; Structural equation modelling; Sustainability; Tourist loyalty; Tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; MARKETING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SHIRETOKO PENINSULA;

EID: 84907681666     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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