Determinants of Consumer Choice for Online Travel Shopping Sites: A Confirmatory Analysis

This study attempts to validate the consumer-oriented criteria list, developed by Wang et al. (2010), for selecting online travel shopping sites. Based on a sample of 985 respondents, confirmatory factor analysis was employed to test the factor structure and assess the reliability and validity of the list. The results support the list developed by Wang et al. (2010) and claim the list can be further used to analyze, explain, and understand consumer behaviors about online travel shopping.

Authors:

• Yu-Min Wang

Keywords:

• Online travel agency
• online travel shopping sites
• confirmatory analysis.

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