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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807187903321

Autore

El Kadhi Wassim

Titolo

Cross-cultural destination image assessment : cultural segmentation versus the global tourist : an exploratory study of Arab-Islamic and Protestant European youths' pre-visitation image on Berlin / / Wassim El Kadhi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, : Diplomica Verlag, 2009

ISBN

3-8366-2223-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Disciplina

305.23/1

305.231

Soggetti

Culture and tourism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cross-Cultural Destination Image Assessment:Cultural segmentation versus the global tourist; Abstract; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Appendices; List of Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Berlin as a touristdestination; Chapter Three: Literature Review IDestination Image; Chapter Four: Literature Review II Globalisation: Its effects on consumer behaviour. Comparing Arab-Islamicand Protestant European Culture.; Chapter Five: Methodology; Chapter Six: Data analysis andfindings; Chapter Seven: Conclusion andrecommendations

BibliographyAppendices

Sommario/riassunto

Various scholars consider destination image - a vital part in tourism marketing- as the key in attracting tourists. It is often regarded, as the most important element in a destination's management and may induce success or failure. Within this research project, destination image is being assessed in cross-cultural terms. It scrutinises the extent to which destination image is culture specific. In other words, does a destination's image vary across people from different cultural backgrounds? This question evolves and is vindicated in an era that is subjected to globalisation and increasingly r