Destination brand equity and tourist's revisit intention towards health tourism: an empirical study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sabbir Rahman ◽  
Surajit Bag ◽  
Hasliza Hassan ◽  
Md Afnan Hossain ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Health Tourism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Association ◽  
Revisit Intention ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Destination Brand ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the relationship between destination brand equity and tourist's revisit intention towards health tourism destinations. The study also examines the mediating effect of destination brand association between destination-based brand equity and travellers' revisit intention for health tourism destinations.Design/methodology/approachA survey instrument is used to examine the relationships in the proposed model using the co-variance-based structural equation modelling (SEM) technique. The collected primary data from two hundred forty-six respondents (n = 246) are analysed to test the relationship amongst exogenous, mediating, moderating and endogenous constructs articulated in the proposed structural model.FindingsEmpirical findings reveal that destination brand equity influences the revisit intention of a traveller for health tourism via destination brand association. The perceived trust, reliability and soft issues of a traveller moderate the relationship between destination brand equity and destination brand association. Enduring travel involvement also proves a significant moderation effect on the relationship between destination brand association and the revisit intention of a traveller for a health tourism destination.Practical implicationsThis paper is an initial attempt to develop and empirically examine a conceptual model of the intention of a traveller to revisit a health tourism destination in a dynamic process of information search using the data collected from current travellers after medical tourism-related trips. Results suggest that stakeholders must focus on hedonic and utilitarian factors of the destination that are recognised by travellers to encourage revisit for medical tourism.Originality/valueAlthough there have been numerous studies on health tourism. However, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this research is a pioneer in the healthcare tourism literature that links destination brand equity, brand association and revisit intention of a traveller for health tourism. These findings extend the knowledge of how healthcare tourism that is embedded with destination brand equity and destination brand association. The study findings potentially benefit the marketers for gaining competitive advantages through considering the experience of a traveller.

Involvement and brand equity: a conceptual model for Muslim tourists

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Shafaei ◽  
Badaruddin Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Brand Equity ◽  
Destination Branding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourism Marketing ◽  
Islamic Countries ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Key Dimensions ◽  
Destination Brand ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to present a model in which the relationship between Muslims’ involvement with traveling to Islamic destinations and Islamic destination brand equity is investigated. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the existing theoretical and empirical research on involvement and brand equity in tourism marketing and the literature on Muslim tourists’ needs and culture, a conceptual model for Muslim tourists is developed. The model investigates the relationships between Muslims’ psychological motivations for traveling to Islamic destinations and the evaluation of destination Islamic brand. Findings – The study shows that the more Muslims are involved in traveling to Islamic destinations, the more likely they evaluate the key dimensions of destination Islamic brand. This is demonstrated by the influence of Muslims’ involvement on their awareness of Islamic destinations, their image of the Islamic destination attributes, the perceived quality of Islamic offerings, the perceived Islamic value and their loyalty toward Islamic destinations. Practical implications – The study evaluates the Islamic brand equity in the context of Islamic tourism destinations and in relation to Muslims’ interests in traveling to Islamic countries. The study contributes to better understand the Islamic destinations and how to maximize the benefits of their Islamic attributes. It is suggested that Islamic attributes should be highlighted more for Muslim tourists interested in traveling to Islamic countries. Investigating the concepts analyzed will help tourism destinations to integrate marketing and promotional campaigns and build a more powerful Islamic brand in Muslim markets. Originality/value – The relationship between involvement and brand equity has not been yet explored adequately, especially in the context of Islamic branding. This study adds to the previous studies in which the link between personal involvement with a specific destination and destination brand equity was explored. The role of Islamic values in this relationship is highlighted. The study contributes to destination branding studies by being one of the primary works, which applies the concept of brand equity to Islamic destinations.

Product–place image and destination brand equity: special reference to “Kerala is an ayurvedic destination”

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepa Jawahar ◽  
Aslam Muhammed M.K.
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Place Image ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Destination Brand

Purpose This paper aims to analyse the relationship between the image of a tourism product and destination brand equity in the context of Kerala's Ayurveda. The study also examined the influence of destination image (DI) and hospital brand image (HBI) and the mediating role of total experience (TEX). Design/methodology/approach The research analysed 342 primary data from Ayurvedic tourists who visited Kerala for the treatment. Findings Results show that product–place image (PPI) and DI significantly influence the brand equity, but the HBI is insignificant towards the brand equity. Even though HBI does not directly influence Kerala's brand equity, it has a strong relationship through TEX (mediating variable). Practical implications This study can be implemented by destination marketing organization and tourism authorities while making strategic decisions and plans for the image creation of a tourist place. Originality/value People perceive some products from a particular place as having superior quality and uniqueness. As far as a tourist destination is concerned, a “tourism product” associated with the destination will also uplift its popularity. The study has investigated the image of this “product–place” combination in medical tourism.

Antecedents of brand equity on halal tourism destination

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Preko ◽  
Iddrisu Mohammed ◽  
Azizbek Allaberganov
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Quality ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Destination Brand

Purpose This study aims to examine the antecedents of halal brand equity on destination brand equity (DBE) within the tourism sector. Although much has been done on halal tourism, the issue of halal and brand equity has received little attention in a non-Islamic state context. Design/methodology/approach Using the brand equity theory, 312 Muslim tourists were conveniently drawn from the Larabanga tourism site with the use of structural equation modelling technique to analyse the data. Findings The study revealed that halal brand awareness and halal value have positive and significant impact on DBE. Also, halal perceived brand quality and halal image had a negative but significant impact on DBE. Research limitations/implications This research is on a country-specific halal brand equity tourism destination, which means that the findings cannot be generalized to other geographical areas. Practical implications The study provides an insight into halal tourism and destination equity, which is important for marketers, the ministry of tourism and local tourism officials to support halal tourism in a non-Islamic country. Originality/value This paper fills a gap by presenting the first comprehensive overview of halal brand equity research that enhances ongoing discussions in the hospitality and tourism field in a non-Islamic context and proposes priorities for future research.

Brand equity in a tourism destination: a case study of domestic tourists in Hoi An city, Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 704-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinh Trung Tran ◽  
Nguyen Phuc Nguyen ◽  
Phuong Thi Kim Tran ◽  
Tuan Nien Tran ◽  
Thuan Thi Phuong Huynh
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Destination Brand

Purpose This paper aims to propose and investigate the relationships among the components of brand equity, and examining the effects of these components on overall destination brand equity in Hoi An tourism destination, Vietnam, from the perspective of domestic tourists. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire data were collected from 319 domestic tourists who have visited Hoi An city. The results of empirical tests using a structural equation model support the research hypotheses. Findings The results indicate that destination brand awareness has significant, positive effects on destination brand image and destination perceived quality; destination brand image has positive influences on destination perceived quality and destination brand loyalty; destination perceived quality has significant, positive impacts on destination brand loyalty; except for destination brand image, the remaining dimensions have positive and direct impacts on overall destination brand equity. Originality/value An integrated model of destination brand equity dimensions and overall destination brand equity was tested in a tourism city in the context of a developing economy. Moreover, relevant implications are provided for destination marketers as to how to improve destination brand equity in the tourism industry.

scholarly journals The Influence of Bali Brand Equity on Tourists Traveling Behavior

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Ketut Surya Diarta
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Brand Equity ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Local People ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Brand Association ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
Destination Brand

There is already known that brand equity of tourism destination can influence tourist decision making to choose a destination to be visited. However, there is no information on how tourism destination brand equity influences tourist’s behavior during their vacation in destination such as extend tourist length of stay, encourage to be revisit tourist, and willing to recommend for others. This research aims to analyze the effect of Bali brand equity on tourists traveling behavior. The research was conducted from January to November 2015 in five main tourism objects in Bali. Data were collected through survey of 240 foreign tourists and analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The research result shows that the influence of Bali brand equity to tourists traveling behavior  as a whole through destination brand awareness,  destination brand image, destination brand association, and destinastion perceived quality. While, individually: (a) the frequency of visiting Bali is affected by distinctive features for stunning natural beauty of Bali and safe and peaceful Bali turism destination, (b)  the length of stay during vacation in Bali is affected Bali as one of the world's main destination, strong brand Bali recall, warm-politely-friendly local people, safe and peaceful destination, and excellent tourism physical facilities, and (c) the frequency recommending Bali to others is affected by distinctive features for stunning natural beauty of Bali, warm-politely-friendly local people, and safe and peaceful destination. Give stressing on the attributes of destination that develop tourist’s positive behavior to Bali as a tourism destination will determine the success of Bali in world tourism market competition.

Why medical tourists choose Turkey as a medical tourism destination?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilhan Sag ◽  
Ferhat Devrim Zengul
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Health Tourism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Homogeneous Groups ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Tourism Marketing ◽  
Geographical Regions

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationships between the health tourists’ perceptions on decisive factors (i.e. experience, technological infrastructure, flight distance, legal and moral restrictions, touristic attractions, religious similarity, waiting time and price of health tourism) and Turkey as their choice of healthcare tourism destination. Design/methodology/approach The data for this empirical study were collected from 288 patients in Turkey, all of whom being health tourists from various countries. Descriptive statistics and Kruskal–Wallis difference tests were utilized for analyses. Findings Statistically significant differences were found among health tourists in regards to the geographical regions of their residence. These finding suggest that differences among health tourists in regards to the geographical regions of their residence contributed to the healthcare tourists’ behaviors and health tourism market segmentations in Turkey. Research limitations/implications Among the constraints of the study are the time and funding limitations coupled with the limitations on the scale development attempts in the health tourism literature and limitation and biases related to primary data collection. Despite all these limitations, by being the first study exploring the health tourism market segmentations in Turkey, this study contributes to the literature about the perceptions of health tourists and their reasons in choosing Turkey as a health tourism destination. Practical implications Determining the Turkey’s health tourism market segmentations will generate the positive effect on the target market which is currently heterogeneous for health tourism operators and intermediary institutions. Moreover, this knowledge would allow the target market to be divided into homogeneous groups, with different marketing mixes for each group. Homogenized groups exhibit unified purchasing behaviors for their needs. Therefore, it is very important for health tourism operators and intermediary institutions to know how the preferences of health tourists from different geographical regions vary. Originality/value The paper fulfills a need for advancing the knowledge on the decisive factors in determining Turkey as the health tourism destination by revealing perceptions of health tourists from various geographical regions. This information is very valuable for the Turkey’s healthcare tourism marketing managers who desire to implement the strategies to achieve competitive advantage in the global health tourism market.

scholarly journals Analysis of demand for wellness and medical tourism in Hungary

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Katalin Kiss
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Health Tourism ◽  
Quality Aspects ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Hungarian Population ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Tourism Services ◽  
Further Development

Health tourism in Hungary holds major opportunities. When analysing medical and wellness accommodation data, it can be stated that the Hungarian population is keenly interested in health-related tourism services. From the aspect of further development, health tourism based on medical services can be a take-off point for Hungarian tourism. In my opinion, the next few years will be crucial for Hungary’s ranking among health tourism destinations. The country’s initial circumstances are rather favourable, whereas the revaluation of the quality aspects of these services and the fact that the surrounding countries have also recognised the opportunities in health tourism led to an intensified competitive environment. Consequently, if Hungary does not take advantage of its current opportunities, there will be even less chance to develop the country into the primary thermal and medicinal waterbased health tourism destination of Europe in ten years. Yet, this is one of the foci of the objectives set out in the New Széchenyi Plan.

Like, tag and share: bolstering social media marketing to improve intention to visit a nature-based tourism destination

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Gaffar ◽  
Benny Tjahjono ◽  
Taufik Abdullah ◽  
Vidi Sukmayadi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Value ◽  
Tourism Destinations

Purpose This paper aims to explore the influence of social media marketing on tourists’ intention to visit a botanical garden, which is one of the popular nature-based tourism destinations in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach This study sent questionnaires to 400 followers of the botanical garden’s Facebook account who responded to the initial calls for participation and declared that they have not visited the garden before. Analyses were conducted on 363 valid responses using the structural equation model. Findings The findings revealed several key determinants influencing the image of the botanical garden and its future value proposition, particularly in supporting the endeavour to shift from a mere recreational destination to a nature-based tourism destination offering educational experiences. Originality/value This paper offers a fresh look into the roles of social media marketing in increasing the intention to visit a tourism destination that is considerably affected by the destination image.

Consumer Brand Engagement and Brand Communications on Destination Brand Equity Maritine Tourism in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1032
Author(s):  
Suraya MANSUR ◽  
Nurhayani SARAGIH ◽  
Siti SUSILAWATI ◽  
Yusiatie UDUD ◽  
Endri ENDRI
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Relaxation Effect ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Brand Communication ◽  
Brand Engagement ◽  
Regression Test ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Entertainment Value ◽  
Destination Brand ◽  
Method Approach

This study aimed to understand the influence of consumer-brand engagement and brand communication on destination brand equity, survey to maritime tourism of Ujung Kulon and Anak Krakatau, Banten. The population chosen in this study is the Instagram followers of Ujung Kulon and Krakatau Banten.The total of the samples are 96 respondents chosen using purposive sampling. This study used inferential statistic tests, which were divided into two: The correlation Test and Linear Regression Test. This study used a correlational survey method Approach. This research used a quantitative approach and a positivist paradigm. The results showed that the use of Instagram is successful in creating destination brand equity because the entertainment and interaction dimension provided a strong effect on the loyalty dimension of the destination brand equity variable. People who are online and following the Instagram account became loyal because the pictures posted gave entertainment value, joy, and relaxation effect. The interaction between the followers and admin of the account of Maritime Tourism of Ujung Kulon and Anak Krakatau, Banten also added the entertainment value. This study provides new contributions regarding the promotion of maritime tourism destinations through theories about brand engagement, brand equity, and brand communication.

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