The functional-psychological continuum in the cognitive image of a destination: A confirmatory analysis

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 715-723

  Bigné Alcañiz, Enrique ^a   Sánchez García, Isabel ^a   Sanz Blas, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviour intentions; Cognitive image; Confirmatory factor analysis; Functional psychological continuum; Overall image

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 67349282325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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