Conceptualizing tourist satisfaction at the destination level

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-126

  Dmitrović, Tanja ^a   Knežević Cvelbar, Ljubica ^a   Kolar, Tomaž ^a   Makovec Brenčič, Maja ^a   Ograjenšek, Irena ^a   Žabkar, Vesna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Modelling; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993003261     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506180910962122     Document Type: Article

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