The Customer’s Perspective on the Tourism Destination Brand: A Structural Equation Modeling Study

Transformations in Business and Economics, 2008, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 169-184

16 Pages Posted: 15 Mar 2013

See all articles by Maja Konecnik Ruzzier

Maja Konecnik Ruzzier

University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics

Mitja Ruzzier

University of Primorska

Date Written: March 14, 2013

Abstract

This study uses a structural equation modeling technique to verify a theoretically proposed model of a customer’s evaluation of a tourism destination brand. We therefore employed a measure of the customer-based brand equity of a tourism destination and tested it on the case of Austria from the perspectives of German and Croatian tourists. The proposed model consists of four main dimensions: tourism destination awareness, its image and perceived quality as well as the loyalty dimension. To verify and confirm the relationships between the proposed dimensions, a second-order confirmatory factor analysis was performed. The findings indicate that all dimensions are interrelated and important for the customer’s evaluation of a tourism destination. However, image represents the strongest dimension in our proposed model.

Keywords: customer-based brand equity, tourism destination, brand, structural equation modeling

JEL Classification: M31, M39

Suggested Citation

Konecnik Ruzzier, Maja and Ruzzier, Mitja, The Customer’s Perspective on the Tourism Destination Brand: A Structural Equation Modeling Study (March 14, 2013). Transformations in Business and Economics, 2008, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 169-184, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2233206

Maja Konecnik Ruzzier (Contact Author)

University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics ( email )

Kardeljeva ploscad 17
Ljubljana, 1000
Slovenia

Mitja Ruzzier

University of Primorska ( email )

Cankarjeva 5
Koper, SI-6000
Slovenia

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