{"title":"The Causal Relationships between Destination Image, Tourist Satisfaction and Revisit Intention: A Case of the United Arab Emirates","authors":"Abdul Raheem Jasim Mohammed, Mohd Salehuddin Mohd Zahari, Salim Abdul Talib, Mohd Zulhilmi Suhaimi","volume":94,"journal":"International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering","pagesStart":3354,"pagesEnd":3361,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/9999929","abstract":"
The connection between past travel experience and
\r\ntourists’ revisit behavioral intentions has not been widely explored
\r\nbut the existing studies suggest a close relationship between them.
\r\nDestination image can equally be construed as having effects on the
\r\nattitudes of the tourists at the end of their actual visitation and the
\r\nsatisfaction of a tourist with his or her travel experiences contributes
\r\nto a revisit intention towards a particular destination. With strong
\r\nmarketing efforts, UAE is not only considered to be successful in
\r\nattracting foreign investors, but is becoming the most popular tourism
\r\ndestination in the Arab region. UAE is seriously developing its
\r\ntourism image and taking serious initiatives to attract new or repeat
\r\nvisitations from the international tourists. This study empirically
\r\ninvestigates the causal relationships between tourism destination
\r\nimage, tourist satisfaction and revisit intention using UAE as a
\r\ncontextual study setting. A very clear picture emerged which
\r\nprovides a host country with potential implications for its tourism
\r\nindustry practitioners, Department of Tourism and Commerce
\r\nMarketing and the travel agencies who act as the intermediaries
\r\nbetween the potential tourists and the hotel operators.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Baloglu, D., & Brinberg, D. (1997). Affective images of tourism\r\ndestinations. Journal of Travel Research, 35 (4), 11 - 15.\r\n[2] Baloglu, S., & McCleary, K. W. (1999a). A Model of Destination Image\r\nFormation. Annals of Tourism Research, 26 (4), 868 - 897.\r\n[3] Baloglu, S. and McCleary, K.W. (1999b). U.S. international pleasure\r\ntravelers\u2019 images of our Mediterranean destinations: A comparison of\r\nvisitors and non visitors. Journal of Travel Research, 38, 144 - 152.\r\n[4] Baloglu, S., & Brinberg, D. (1997). Affective images of tourism\r\ndestination. Journal of Travel Research, 35 (4), 11 - 15.\r\n[5] Baloglu, S. (2001). Image variations of Turkey by familiarity index:\r\ninformational and experiential dimensions. Tourism Management, 22,\r\n127 - 133.\r\n[6] Beerli, A., & Martin, J. D. (2004). Factors influencing destination\r\nimage. 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