TY - JFULL AU - Abdul Raheem Jasim Mohammed and Mohd Salehuddin Mohd Zahari and Salim Abdul Talib and Mohd Zulhilmi Suhaimi PY - 2014/11/ TI - The Causal Relationships between Destination Image, Tourist Satisfaction and Revisit Intention: A Case of the United Arab Emirates T2 - International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering SP - 3353 EP - 3360 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999929 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 94, 2014 N2 - The connection between past travel experience and tourists’ revisit behavioral intentions has not been widely explored but the existing studies suggest a close relationship between them. Destination image can equally be construed as having effects on the attitudes of the tourists at the end of their actual visitation and the satisfaction of a tourist with his or her travel experiences contributes to a revisit intention towards a particular destination. With strong marketing efforts, UAE is not only considered to be successful in attracting foreign investors, but is becoming the most popular tourism destination in the Arab region. UAE is seriously developing its tourism image and taking serious initiatives to attract new or repeat visitations from the international tourists. This study empirically investigates the causal relationships between tourism destination image, tourist satisfaction and revisit intention using UAE as a contextual study setting. A very clear picture emerged which provides a host country with potential implications for its tourism industry practitioners, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing and the travel agencies who act as the intermediaries between the potential tourists and the hotel operators. ER -