The impact of destination source credibility on destination satisfaction: The mediating effects of destination attachment and destination image

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 511-526

  Veasna, Sou ^a   Wu, Wann Yih ^a,b   Huang, Chu Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Destination attachment; Destination image; Destination satisfaction; Destination source credibility

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; PERCEPTION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ANGKOR; CAMBODIA; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 85027930390     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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