Postvisit destination loyalty judgments: Developing and testing a comprehensive congruity model

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 496-508

  Bosnjak, Michael ^a   Sirgy, M Joseph ^b   Hellriegel, Sarah ^c   Maurer, Oswin ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

destination image; overall congruity; personal values; self congruity

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80051811114     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287510379159     Document Type: Article

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