Visiting propensity predicted by destination image: German long-haul pleasure travelers to the U.S.

International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 63-92

  Lee, Gyehee ^a   O’Leary, Joseph T ^b   Hong, Gong Soog ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination image; German travelers; Logistic regression; Overall impression; Perceptive image; Visiting propensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144419795     PISSN: 15256480     EISSN: 15286499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J149v03n02_04     Document Type: Article

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