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Feeling good - bodies in destination brand love




TekijätAro, Kaisa; Tähtinen, Jaana

KustantajaElsevier

Julkaisuvuosi2025

JournalAnnals of Tourism Research

Vuosikerta114

ISSN0160-7383

eISSN1873-7722

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2025.103998

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2025.103998

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/499093202


Tiivistelmä

This study extends the conceptualization of destination brand love with a bodily dimension. Although tourism research and affective and cognitive science acknowledge that we sense the world through our bodies, the human body seldom appears in brand-love studies. This study shifts the focus from the antecedents and consequences of brand love to consumers' multidimensional brand-love relationships. We distinguish two ontological approaches to brand love by studying an outdoor destination brand. The first conceptualizes destination brand love as a four-dimensional entity of bodily, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral dimensions. The second is a processual conceptualization considering destination brand-loving as an ongoing process. The study offers two alternative and connected conceptualizations for tourism marketing scholars: destination brand love and destination brand-loving.


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Julkaisussa olevat rahoitustiedot
The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Satakunta Regional Fund and LSR Foundation for Economic Education partially funded the first author's work with personal working grants.


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