Title :
Service quality measurement of the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Pits
Author_Institution :
Econ.-Manage. Inst., Xi´´an Univ. of Technol., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
Service quality plays a crucial role in the success of a tourism destination management, where it acts as a determinant for visitor satisfaction and competitive advantages in the tourism market. This paper is aimed at measuring service quality of the Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horse Pits to find out countermeasures for improving its performance and management objectives. The paper reviews and reflects on research arguments in service quality measurement of a tourist attraction. It identifies the current stance in connection with this field and offers a method based on three estimations of tourists, staff and a third party. The paper then employs AHP to scale the service quality for TCWHPs empirically. It concludes with strategies for achieving high service quality, management goals, customer satisfaction and royalty for this tourist attraction, which may be applicable to other visitor destinations.
Keywords :
customer satisfaction; decision making; quality control; travel industry; Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horse Pits; analytic hierarchy processing; service quality measurement; tourism destination management; tourism market; visitor satisfaction; Analytical models; Cultural differences; Current measurement; Estimation; Indexes; Qualifications; Travel services; AHP; perceived value; service quality; terra-cotta warriors and horses pits; tourist attraction;
Conference_Titel :
Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM), 2011 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tianjin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-310-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSSSM.2011.5959420