A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

A Study on Country Images, Destination Beliefs and Travel Intentions: A Structural Equation Model Approach




AuthorsLindblom Arto, Lindblom Taru, Lehtonen Miikka, Wechtler Heidi

PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication year2018

JournalInternational Journal of Tourism Research

Volume20

Issue1

First page 1

Last page10

Number of pages10

ISSN1099-2340

eISSN1522-1970

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2148(external)

Web address http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jtr.2148/full(external)


Abstract

This study explores how individuals' cognitive and affective country images influence destination beliefs, and how these beliefs are associated with individuals' travel intentions. With the product country image and tourism destination image literature, we develop four hypotheses that are tested using structural equation modeling. We use a sample of 605 Japanese respondents. Our results indicate that the cognitive country image is positively associated with the affective country image. The findings suggest that both the affective and cognitive country images are positively related to the destination beliefs, and the destination beliefs are positively associated with the travel intentions.



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