Destination loyalty: Effects of wine tourists’ experiences, memories, and satisfaction on intentions

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-62

  Quadri Felitti, Donna L ^a   Fiore, Ann Marie ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination loyalty; experience economy; wine tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933034191     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1467358413510017     Document Type: Article

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