Loading...
Linking the dots among destination images, place attachment, and revisit intentions: A study among British and Russian tourists
Stylos, Nikolaos Bellou, Victoria Andronikidis, Andreas Vassiliadis, Chris A.
Stylos, Nikolaos
Bellou, Victoria
Andronikidis, Andreas
Vassiliadis, Chris A.
Editors
Other contributors
Affiliation
Epub Date
Issue Date
2016-11-16
Submitted date
Alternative
Abstract
Limited evidence suggests that the incorporation of both image components (cognitive, affective, and conative) and holistic image is meaningful for predicting tourists' revisit intentions. Extending this line of research, the present study aims to unravel the relative influence that each component of image has directly and indirectly, via holistic image, on revisit intentions. In doing so, we incorporate two national samples (British and Russians) of diverse tourist profile and significantly different levels of visitation frequency to investigate place attachment as a moderator. Evidence from 1362 British and 1164 Russian tourists indicated that all image components have a positive indirect effect on revisit intention via holistic image, while conative has also a direct one. As expected, the image components rank differently for British and Russian tourists. The indirect effects of destination images on revisit intention, except conative, are conditional and, interestingly, most of these are stronger for tourists with low PA.
Citation
Stylos, N., Bellou, V., Andronikidis, A., & Vassiliadis, CA. (2017) 'Linking the dots among destination images, place attachment, and revisit intentions: A study among British and Russian tourists', Tourism Management, 60, pp. 15-29.
Publisher
Journal
Research Unit
PubMed ID
PubMed Central ID
Embedded videos
Additional Links
Type
Journal article
Language
en
Description
Series/Report no.
ISSN
0261-5177