| Chapter 2 | |
| Table 2.1. | Service Quality Dimension (North American School). |
| Table 2.2. | Service Quality Dimensions (Nordic School). |
| Chapter 3 | |
| Table 3.1. | Attributes of Destinations Product/Service Quality – Prior Studies. |
| Chapter 4 | |
| Table 4.1. | Places of Data Collection for the TDQ Study and Techniques of Data Collection Employed. |
| Table 4.2. | Problems in Questions Used in Open-ended Questionnaires in the Pilot TDQ Study. |
| Table 4.3. | Respondents’ Profile in the Qualitative Pilot TDQ Study (N = 92). |
| Table 4.4. | Effectiveness and Efficiency of Data Collection Techniques Used in the Qualitative Pilot TDQ Study. |
| Table 4.5. | A Comparison of the Usefulness of Data Collection Techniques in the TDQ Pilot Study. |
| Table 4.6. | A Summary of the Results of Open-ended Questions Used in the Pilot TDQ Study. |
| Chapter 5 | |
| Table 5.1. | Respondents' Profile for the Exploratory Qualitative Study (N = 41). |
| Table 5.2. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Affordable’. |
| Table 5.3. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘All-weather’. |
| Table 5.4. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Authentic’. |
| Table 5.5. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Child-friendly’. |
| Table 5.6. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Hospitable’. |
| Table 5.7. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Informative’. |
| Table 5.8. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Novel’. |
| Table 5.9. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Relaxing’. |
| Table 5.10. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Safe’. |
| Table 5.11. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Uncrowded’. |
| Table 5.12. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Varied’. |
| Table 5.13. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Well-kept’. |
| Table 5.14. | Emergent Dimensions of Tourism Destination Quality. |
| Chapter 6 | |
| Table 6.1. | Respondents' Profile (N = 806). |
| Table 6.2. | Attributes of Tourism Destination Quality: Mean Ranks (N = 806). |
| Table 6.3. | Dimensions of Tourism Destination Quality: Mean Ranks and Internal Consistency (N = 806). |
| Table 6.4. | Male and Female Tourist Compared. |
| Table 6.5. | Tourists with and without Children Compared. |
| Table 6.6. | ‘Domestic’ and ‘International’ Tourists Compared. |
| Table 6.7. | Test of Homogeneity of Variances for Age Groups. |
| Table 6.8. | ANOVA Tests (Using Standard F-statistic) – Age Groups. |
| Table 6.9. | ANOVA Tests (Using Welch's F-statistic) – Age Groups. |
| Table 6.10. | Effect Size – Age Groups. |
| Table 6.11. | Age Group Scores for ‘Well-kept’ Compared. |
| Table 6.12. | Age Group Scores for ‘Child-friendly’ Compared. |
| Table 6.13. | Age Group Scores for ‘Uncrowded’ Compared. |
| Table 6.14. | Age Group Scores for ‘Varied’ Compared. |
| Table 6.15. | Age Group Scores for ‘Safe’ Compared. |
| Table 6.16. | Age Group Scores for ‘Authentic’ Compared. |
| Table 6.17. | Test of Homogeneity of Variances for Tourist Activity. |
| Table 6.18. | ANOVA Test (Using Standard F-statistic) – Tourist Activity. |
| Table 6.19. | ANOVA Tests (Using Welch's F-statistic) – Tourist Activity. |
| Table 6.20. | Effect Size – Tourist Activity. |
| Table 6.21. | Activity Group Scores for ‘Affordable’ Compared. |
| Table 6.22. | Activity Group Scores for ‘Relaxing’ Compared. |
| Table 6.23. | Activity Groups Scores for ‘Informative’ Compared. |
| Table 6.24. | Activity Group Scores for ‘Safe’ Compared. |
| Table 6.25. | Activity Groups Scores for ‘Varied’ Compared. |
| Table 6.26. | Activity Group Scores for ‘Well-kept’ Compared. |
| Table 6.27. | Test of Homogeneity of Variances for Tourist Income. |
| Table 6.28. | ANOVA Test (Using Standard F-statistic) – Tourist Income. |
| Table 6.29. | Effect Size – Tourist Income. |
| Table 6.30. | Income Group Scores for ‘Safe’ Compared. |
| Chapter 7 | |
| Table 7.1. | Summary of the Qualitative and Quantitative Results (Descending Order by Dimension's Mean Value). |
| Table 7.2. | Summary of Testing Quantitative Research Hypotheses (N = 806) (Descending Order by Dimension's Mean Value). |
| Table 7.3. | Dimensions of Tourism Destination Quality vs Other Quality Dimensions. |
| Table 7.4. | Swot Analysis of Brighton. |
| Chapter 8 | |
| Table 8.1. | New Zealand Tourism Planning Toolkits for Local Government. |
| Table 8.2. | DNext Variables for Establishing a Destination's Strength. |
| Table 8.3. | Dimensions of Tourism Destination Quality Established in the TDQ Study. |
| Table 2.1. | Service Quality Dimension (North American School). |
| Table 2.2. | Service Quality Dimensions (Nordic School). |
| Table 3.1. | Attributes of Destinations Product/Service Quality – Prior Studies. |
| Table 4.1. | Places of Data Collection for the TDQ Study and Techniques of Data Collection Employed. |
| Table 4.2. | Problems in Questions Used in Open-ended Questionnaires in the Pilot TDQ Study. |
| Table 4.3. | Respondents’ Profile in the Qualitative Pilot TDQ Study ( |
| Table 4.4. | Effectiveness and Efficiency of Data Collection Techniques Used in the Qualitative Pilot TDQ Study. |
| Table 4.5. | A Comparison of the Usefulness of Data Collection Techniques in the TDQ Pilot Study. |
| Table 4.6. | A Summary of the Results of Open-ended Questions Used in the Pilot TDQ Study. |
| Table 5.1. | Respondents' Profile for the Exploratory Qualitative Study (N = 41). |
| Table 5.2. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Affordable’. |
| Table 5.3. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘All-weather’. |
| Table 5.4. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Authentic’. |
| Table 5.5. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Child-friendly’. |
| Table 5.6. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Hospitable’. |
| Table 5.7. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Informative’. |
| Table 5.8. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Novel’. |
| Table 5.9. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Relaxing’. |
| Table 5.10. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Safe’. |
| Table 5.11. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Uncrowded’. |
| Table 5.12. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Varied’. |
| Table 5.13. | Quality Attributes for the Dimension ‘Well-kept’. |
| Table 5.14. | Emergent Dimensions of Tourism Destination Quality. |
| Table 6.1. | Respondents' Profile ( |
| Table 6.2. | Attributes of Tourism Destination Quality: Mean Ranks ( |
| Table 6.3. | Dimensions of Tourism Destination Quality: Mean Ranks and Internal Consistency ( |
| Table 6.4. | Male and Female Tourist Compared. |
| Table 6.5. | Tourists with and without Children Compared. |
| Table 6.6. | ‘Domestic’ and ‘International’ Tourists Compared. |
| Table 6.7. | Test of Homogeneity of Variances for Age Groups. |
| Table 6.8. | ANOVA Tests (Using Standard |
| Table 6.9. | ANOVA Tests (Using Welch's |
| Table 6.10. | Effect Size – Age Groups. |
| Table 6.11. | Age Group Scores for ‘Well-kept’ Compared. |
| Table 6.12. | Age Group Scores for ‘Child-friendly’ Compared. |
| Table 6.13. | Age Group Scores for ‘Uncrowded’ Compared. |
| Table 6.14. | Age Group Scores for ‘Varied’ Compared. |
| Table 6.15. | Age Group Scores for ‘Safe’ Compared. |
| Table 6.16. | Age Group Scores for ‘Authentic’ Compared. |
| Table 6.17. | Test of Homogeneity of Variances for Tourist Activity. |
| Table 6.18. | ANOVA Test (Using Standard |
| Table 6.19. | ANOVA Tests (Using Welch's |
| Table 6.20. | Effect Size – Tourist Activity. |
| Table 6.21. | Activity Group Scores for ‘Affordable’ Compared. |
| Table 6.22. | Activity Group Scores for ‘Relaxing’ Compared. |
| Table 6.23. | Activity Groups Scores for ‘Informative’ Compared. |
| Table 6.24. | Activity Group Scores for ‘Safe’ Compared. |
| Table 6.25. | Activity Groups Scores for ‘Varied’ Compared. |
| Table 6.26. | Activity Group Scores for ‘Well-kept’ Compared. |
| Table 6.27. | Test of Homogeneity of Variances for Tourist Income. |
| Table 6.28. | ANOVA Test (Using Standard |
| Table 6.29. | Effect Size – Tourist Income. |
| Table 6.30. | Income Group Scores for ‘Safe’ Compared. |
| Table 7.1. | Summary of the Qualitative and Quantitative Results (Descending Order by Dimension's Mean Value). |
| Table 7.2. | Summary of Testing Quantitative Research Hypotheses ( |
| Table 7.3. | Dimensions of Tourism Destination Quality vs Other Quality Dimensions. |
| Table 7.4. | Swot Analysis of Brighton. |
| Table 8.1. | New Zealand Tourism Planning Toolkits for Local Government. |
| Table 8.2. | DNext Variables for Establishing a Destination's Strength. |
| Table 8.3. | Dimensions of Tourism Destination Quality Established in the TDQ Study. |
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