The Influence of Previous Visitation on Customer's Evaluation of a Tourism Destination
Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The paper investigates the customer's perspective on a tourism destination brand through four proposed dimensions: awareness, image, quality and loyalty dimension. In addition to the brand's dimensions evaluation, the influence of previous visitation on each proposed dimension is presented. The evaluation of tourism destination brand Slovenia in the minds of German respondents serves as an investigated example. In addition to an evaluation for each investigated dimensions' variables for destination Slovenia as perceived by German respondents, the study confirms also the influence of previous visitation on brand evaluation. In the investigated example, previous visitation is recognized as the improvement factor in Slovenia's evaluation in the minds of German respondents.
Authors: Maja Konečnik Ruzzier, Mitja Ruzzier
Institutions: University of Ljubljana, University of Primorska
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1594588625