Tourist Loyalty and Urban E-Services: A Comparison of Behavioral Impacts in Leipzig and Amsterdam

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 85-101

  Romão, João ^a   van Leeuwen, Eveline ^b   Neuts, Bart ^c   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

e services; motivation; satisfaction; Simultaneous Equation Model; tourist destination

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL DEMAND;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; GERMANY; LEIPZIG; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; SAXONY;

EID: 84938285642     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2015.1018724     Document Type: Article

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