Relationships Among Perceived Value, Satisfaction, and Loyalty: Community-Based Ecotourism in Korea

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 171-191

  Kim, Kyung Hee ^a   Park, Duk Byeong ^b  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Community based ecotourism; destination loyalty; perceived value; structural equation modeling (SEM); tourist satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961391195     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2016.1156609     Document Type: Article

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