Impact of Samarkand's destination attributes on international tourists' revisit and word-of-mouth intention

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2020, Pages

  Jumanazarov, Sanjar ^a   Kamilov, Alisher ^b   Kiatkawsin, Kiattipoom ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Cognitive affective evaluation; Destination attributes; Samarkand; Tourist loyalty; Tourist satisfaction; Uzbekistan tourism

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; PERCEPTION; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

SAMARQAND; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 85086941105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su12125154     Document Type: Article

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