Bike-traveling as a growing phenomenon: Role of attributes, value, satisfaction, desire, and gender in developing loyalty

Tourism Management

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 91-103

  Han, Heesup ^a   Meng, Bo ^b   Kim, Wansoo ^c  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bicycle travelers; Gender; Loyalty; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVEY METHOD;

CHINA;

EID: 84979902296     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.07.013     Document Type: Article

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