Tourists' opinions and their selection of tourism destination images: An affective and motivational evaluation

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-27

  Nicoletta, Raffaella ^a   Servidio, Rocco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affective image; Brochure; Destination image; Motivation; Perception; Tourism promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868282908     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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