The Influence of Destination-Country Image on Prospective Tourists’ Visit Intention: Testing Three Competing Models

Experienced international business traveller’s behaviour in Iran: A partial least squares path modelling analysis

“…Destination image has not only been focused by tourism researchers Kaplanidou, 2009;Lai and Li, 2012;Li and Wang, 2011;Tasci and Gartner, 2007) but also become one of the most popular topics and pervasive areas, which are widely acknowledged in other disciplines such as marketing Lee and Lockshin, 2012;Zhang et al, 2015). Destination image is commonly accepted as an important aspect in successful tourism development (Dolnicar and Grü n, 2013;Tasci and Gartner, 2007) and play a key role in improving destinations' attractiveness and competitiveness (Sancho Esper and Á lvarez Rateike, 2010).…”

“…The first studies in the 1970s on destinations’ image by Gunn (1972), Hunt (1975) and Mayo (1973) received great attentions from the researchers, and after nearly five decades destination image is still considered as a favoured area by many researchers (Deng and Li, 2013; Frías et al., 2012; Qi et al., 2009; Stepchenkova and Li, 2014; Yilmaz et al., 2009). Destination image has not only been focused by tourism researchers (Chen et al., 2013; Kaplanidou, 2009; Lai and Li, 2012; Li and Wang, 2011; Tasci and Gartner, 2007) but also become one of the most popular topics and pervasive areas, which are widely acknowledged in other disciplines such as marketing (Alvarez and Campo, 2014; Lee and Lockshin, 2012; Zhang et al., 2015). Destination image is commonly accepted as an important aspect in successful tourism development (Dolnicar and Grün, 2013; Tasci and Gartner, 2007) and play a key role in improving destinations’ attractiveness and competitiveness (Sancho Esper and Álvarez Rateike, 2010).…”

Seeing the invisible hand: Underlying effects of COVID-19 on tourists’ behavioral patterns

“…Image Risk : Country image refers to “an overall, diversified impression that people have of a particular country,” containing elements of culture, traditions, history, economy, politics, and technology ( Zhang, Wu, Morrison, Tseng, & Chen, 2018 , p. 906). This image is an established determinant of destination choice and evaluation ( Keating & Kriz, 2008 ; Zhang, Xu, Leung, & Cai, 2016 ), which is often fueled by media coverage and graphic imagery ( Kozak et al, 2007 ; Mason, Grabowski, & Du, 2005 ; Schroeder & Pennington-Gray, 2014 ).…”

Tourist Satisfaction, Image, and Loyalty from an Interregional Perspective: An Analysis of Neighboring Areas with Distinct Characteristics

“…Second, the image can be either the country image or the more specific destination image, which has been analyzed in tourism studies [35,36]. The marketing field has long studied how satisfaction affects the country image [37].…”