An examination of destination choice behavior using meme maps, images and decision making styles
[Thesis]
Hilmi Atahan Atadil
Turk, Ercan
University of South Carolina
2016
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Committee members: Cardenas, David A.; Meng, Fang; Pekgun, Pelin
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-85143-3
Ph.D.
Hospitality Management
University of South Carolina
2016
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the destination choice behavior of tourists by using meme maps, images and decision making styles. The current article-based dissertation entails three separate studies that utilized data collected from Chinese, Arab, Russian and German tourists. The first article included within this dissertation assesses the perceived importance of the attributes that form destination images based on general vacation experiences and opinions of tourists and compares the expected performance of destination attributes of Turkey in attracting tourists from its emerging markets (like China as well as Arab countries) using modified version of Importance-Performance Analysis.
Marketing
Social sciences;Decision making;Destination choice;Destination image;Memetics