Alexandra VINEREAN

Buying Intentions Influenced by Various Determinants in Tourism

Marketing has acquired a central role in tourism because it helps organizations to create value in transactions with buyers. Thus, this important area of any business process is used to educate consumers, to add value to their experience in tourism, and to seek new ways to reward loyalty through innovative schemes (e.g., programs for frequent travelers). This paper presents the examination of the responses of 154 tourists in relation to their intention to purchase a travel package and the factors that are usually decisive in the decision making process regarding tourism services, factors that could also create the loyalty that any tourism enterprise can create through marketing.
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Alexandra Vinerean, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania
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Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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