Destination loyalty as a consequence of satisfaction and switching barriers

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-286

  Can, Vo Van ^a,b  

^a University of Tromsø The Arctic University of Norway   (Norway)

^b Nha Trang University in Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Destination; Loyalty; Satisfaction; Switching barriers; Tourists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917671843     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354214X14029467968367     Document Type: Article

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