An examination of destination choice behavior using meme maps, images and decision making styles
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Hilmi Atahan Atadil
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Turk, Ercan
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of South Carolina
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2016
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
177
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Committee members: Cardenas, David A.; Meng, Fang; Pekgun, Pelin
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Text of Note
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-85143-3
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Hospitality Management
Body granting the degree
University of South Carolina
Text preceding or following the note
2016
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Marketing
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Decision making;Destination choice;Destination image;Memetics