Journal
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 767-775Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.08.010
Keywords
Marine tourism; Sustainable tourism; Importance-performance analysis; Satisfaction; Protected areas
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This study presents a quantitative analysis of visitor satisfaction and its relation to tourism attributes on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. It applies a modified version of the importance-performance analysis to determine various attributes' range of impact on, and asymmetrical contribution to, visitor satisfaction. The analysis of 369 visitor surveys identified a complex relationship between satisfaction and environmental, operational and customer service attributes. It also identified those attributes which have a strong satisfaction-generating potential when they perform well, such as the diversity of the marine life, interactions with other passengers, comfort of the boat, quality of the entertainment, knowledgeable crew, quality of the information provided and the destination of the trip, and attributes with a high dissatisfaction-generating potential when they perform poorly, e.g. customer service, comfort of the trip, weather, quality of the coral, and cost of the trip. The study also considers the use of attribute-based studies of satisfaction within protected-area tourism and the management of visitor experiences. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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