Destination image and visit intention: Examining the moderating role of motivation

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-326

  Phillips, Woomi ^a   Jang, Soocheong Shawn ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination image; Hierarchical regression; Motivation; Visit intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954593412     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354207782212387     Document Type: Article

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