Symbolic consumption of tourism destination brands

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 711-718

  Ekinci, Yuksel ^a,b   Sirakaya Turk, Ercan ^c   Preciado, Sandra ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination brands; Lifestyle congruence; Self congruence; Social identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875810487     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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