Do destination images really matter? Predicting destination choices of student travellers

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-142

  Sirakaya, Ercan ^a   Sonmez, Sevil F ^b   Choi, Hwan Suk ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; destination image; likelihood model; tourist destination; Turkish tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444437293     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135676670100700203     Document Type: Article

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