Quality attributes of Jericoacoara, Brazil
| Autor: | Pablo Flôres Limberger, Sara Joana Gadotti dos Anjos, Melise de Lima Pereira, Jéssica Vieira de Souza Meira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Strategic planning
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Management Monitoring Policy and Law Exploratory factor analysis Confirmatory factor analysis Geography Originality Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Service (economics) 0502 economics and business 050211 marketing Quality (business) Marketing Empirical evidence 050212 sport leisure & tourism Tourism media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Tourism Cities. 3:196-204 |
| ISSN: | 2056-5607 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/ijtc-09-2016-0027 |
| Popis: | PurposeSome recent research studies in tourism have focused on the quality of the destination. The purpose of this paper is to identify and test the quality attributes of the destination of Jericoacoara, Brazil, in order to contribute to theoretical and empirical knowledge of the subject.Design/methodology/approachThis study is exploratory and descriptive in nature, with a quantitative approach, and uses questionnaires administered to 391 tourists in Jericoacoara. Data were analyzed through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis.FindingsResults showed that the most important factor in assessing the quality of the destination is service, followed by the factors accommodation, management, destination, and, lastly, attractions.Originality/valueThis study is a theoretical and empirical contribution to the debate on destiny quality and a management tool for strategic planning. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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