US travelers' images of the state of Mississippi as a tourist destination

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 393-403

  Hallab, Zaher ^a   Kim, Kyungmi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination image; Factor analysis; Mississippi; Tourist behavior; US market

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249804386     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354206776162822     Document Type: Article

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