Destination image: The case of Turkey

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-93

  Tasci, Asli D A ^a   Meydan, Selma Uygur ^b   Cavusgil, S Tamer ^c  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination image; Image formation; Image management; Image measurement; Image of Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149102991     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354206778001567     Document Type: Article

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