The purpose of this study was to find tourist behavior of tourism destination image formation, develop these attributes with the model about tourist satisfaction, including revisit intention, and provide tourism destination with the establishment of r...
The purpose of this study was to find tourist behavior of tourism destination image formation, develop these attributes with the model about tourist satisfaction, including revisit intention, and provide tourism destination with the establishment of reasonable and efficient marketing strategy as a basic resources by empirical approach.
In the literature review, the theoretical background about the choice cognitive factor of tourism destination image attributes was analyzed and its twelve questionnaires through previous studies was also extracted. In addition, the theoretical background of tourist satisfaction, intention to revisit, and the relation between cognitive factor of tourism destination image and satisfaction, were examined. Based on the theoretical studies, a research model was built up, hypotheses were made, and an empirical research was conducted,
Data was collected from 230 visitors who had visited Andong-Hahae village in Korea, SPSS/WIN 10.0 statistical program was applied to analyze the issues of study. In order to analyze detailed matters, research was conducted as follows.
First, in order to find out demographic and user characteristics, first frequency analysis was used, its importance was ascertained by ranking. Finally, descriptive analysis was also conducted.
Second, in order to identify reliability and validity about tourism destination image formation, factor analysis was used and three factors were extracted.
Third, in order to see the influence on choice behavior exercises satisfaction and revisit, multiple regression analysis was carried out.
Fourth, in order to verify differentiation related to the variables of demographic and user characteristics, t-test and One-way ANOVA were taken.
As a result of statistical treatment analysis, the findings are as follows :
First, the rest/escape was appeared high at tourism motivation, prestige was appeared low. The friend/relative/family member was appeared high at information source, internet/pc was appeared low. The result of study proves that the tourist felt Andong-Hahae village to be old and comfortable.
Second, the tourism destination image formation appeared the factors of environment, cleanliness, and atmosphere.
Third, the environment, atmosphere, cleanliness of tourism destination image formation influenced tourist satisfaction. The environment, atmosphere of tourism destination image formation didn't influence on the intention of tourist to revisit.
Fourth, there was difference in satisfaction according to user characteristics. The reason that selected Andong-Hahae village was regarded to be more important than entertainment, attractiveness, comfortableness, interestedness, activeness. The reason of preference of fame as tourism destination was perceived to be more important in atmosphere.
Although this study attracts the above results, it was limited only to near resident people and the students. But, the author expects follow-on studies to be performed for overcoming the above limitations as well as future research about revisitor and the effect of word of mouth..