An investigation of the relationships among destination familiarity, destination image and future visit intention

Journal of Destination Marketing and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 214-226

  Tan, Wee Kheng ^a   Wu, Cheng En ^a  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Destination familiarity; Destination image; Destination marketing organizations; Experiential familiarity; Future visit intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952683591     PISSN: 2212571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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