Destination service quality, affective image and revisit intention: The moderating role of past experience

Journal of Destination Marketing and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 222-234

  Tosun, Cevat ^a   Dedeoğlu, Bekir Bora ^b   Fyall, Alan ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination affective image; Destination service quality; First time versus repeat visitors; Revisit intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947736859     PISSN: 2212571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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