Comparing Destination Image and Loyalty between First-time and Repeat-visit Tourists

Towards a Conceptual Framework for Tourists‟ Destination Knowledge and Loyalty

Exploring tourists push and pull motivations to visit Mauritius as a tourist destination

This study examines the motivational push and pull-factors that affect tourists’ decision in their choice of a holiday destination. 200 questionnaires were completed using a face to face interview among specific groups of travellers to Mauritius (English, French, German, Italian and South African tourists) at various points on the island. The findings demonstrate that rest and relaxation are th...

The Relationship between Fear of Crime and Local Disorder with Loyalty to Destination among Foreign Tourists in the Historical Context of Shiraz

Expended Abstract Introduction: In today’s societies, maintaining order and security is an essential point for creat-ing an environment suitable for life. Tourism in today’s world is one of the areas where there is a great deal of interaction with the issue of security and the sense of security and fear of crime because one of the main components of choosing a place to travel as well as the de...

The Relationship between Fear of Crime and Local Disorder with Loyalty to Destination among Foreign Tourists in the Historical Context of Shiraz

Expended Abstract Introduction: In today’s societies, maintaining order and security is an essential point for creat-ing an environment suitable for life. Tourism in today’s world is one of the areas where there is a great deal of interaction with the issue of security and the sense of security and fear of crime because one of the main components of choosing a place to travel as well as the de...

Different tourists – different perceptions of different places: accounting for tourists’ perceptual heterogeneity in destination image measurement

We suggest that differences between tourists be evaluated as part of any destination image study. In doing so, one can avoid the potential pitfall of deriving one single destination image by averaging over individuals with possibly very different perceptions. A typology of destination image measurement approaches is presented that provides a framework for the evaluation of past destination imag...