Travel Motivation, Destination Image and Visitor Satisfaction of International Tourists After the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake: A Structural Modelling Approach

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1260-1277

  Tang, Yong ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

destination image; overall satisfaction; structural equation modelling; travel motivation; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 84927175636     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2013.844181     Document Type: Article

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