Tourists perceptions and assessments / edited by Arch G. Woodside, Metin Kozak.

Includes bibliographical references

Contents: Chapter 1 Primer to tourist's perceptions and assessments including how-to-build formal, implementable, models of the tourist gaze -- Chapter 2 Nationality differences in user-generated reviews in the hospitality industry -- Chapter 3 Evaluation of the service performance: applications of the zone of tolerance with importance-performance analysis -- Chapter 4 Luxury tourists: celebrities' perspectives -- Chapter 5 Nontrivial behavioral implications of trivial design choices in travel websites -- Chapter 6 The role of social psychology -- Chapter 7 Assessing national destination-branding transformations: theory and application to Costa Rica's nature-based and medical tourism product-services -- Chapter 8 Destination brand performance measurement over time -- Chapter 9 Perceptions of hotel disintermediation: the French generation -- Chapter 10 Constructing and shaping tourist experiences via travel blog engagement -- Chapter 11 Facilitators and constraints in the participation of women in golf -- Chapter 12 Hospitality meanings and consequences among hotels employees and guests -- Chapter 13 Reflections on destination positioning analyses and identifying competitors

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