This study investigated the service quality level of service industry in Kyoungju. Ten different service categories were selected for this study: hotel, restaurant, bank, taxi, local bus, express bus, airlines, hospital, private education institute, a...
This study investigated the service quality level of service industry in Kyoungju. Ten different service categories were selected for this study: hotel, restaurant, bank, taxi, local bus, express bus, airlines, hospital, private education institute, and community bureau. To test service quality, five dimensions of service were used: reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and tangibles. In general, people in Kyoungju perceived the service quality of Kyongju as poor. In particular, among 10 different service industry, they evaluated the services of taxi and local bus industry as worst. Tangibles, reliability, assurance, responsiveness and empathy were listed in order of declining relative satisfaction to customers. The main reason of the poor service in Kyoungju is the management's lack of understanding the importance of service.