The image as a possible source of competitive advantage of the destination — The case of Slovenia

Tourism Review

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 6-12

  Konecnik, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Competitiveness of the destination; Discriminant analysis; Growth; Image of a destination; Image of Slovenia as a tourist destination; Mann Whitney U test; Measuring image; Source of competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847623067     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb058373     Document Type: Review

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