Destination perceived quality, tourist satisfaction and word-of-mouth

Tourism Review

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 392-410

  Wang, Tz Li ^a   Tran, Phuong Thi Kim ^b   Tran, Vinh Trung ^b  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Economics The University of Danang   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Destination perceived quality; Gender; Tourist satisfaction; Visit frequency; Word of mouth (WOM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035749069     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/TR-06-2017-0103     Document Type: Article

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