The Moderating Effect of Travel Experience in a Destination on the Relationship Between the Destination Image and the Intention to Revisit

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 486-505

  Kim, Kyungmi ^a   Hallab, Zaher ^b   Kim, Ju Neon ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American college students; destination image; moderating effects; South Korea; travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863674784     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2012.626745     Document Type: Article

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