Service quality, satisfaction, and behavioral intention among forest visitors

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-82

  Lee, Joohyun ^a   Graefe, Alan R ^a   Burns, Robert C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intention; Nature based tourism; Satisfaction; Service quality; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964568939     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v17n01_05     Document Type: Article

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