Article: Core-periphery structure of destination image: concept, evidence and implication

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TitleCore-periphery structure of destination image: concept, evidence and implication
AuthorsLai, K2
Li, Y1
KeywordsConceptual framework
Core-periphery relations
Three-dimensional modeling
Tourism management
Tourist destination
Issue Date2012
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/annals
CitationAnnals of Tourism Research, 2012, v. 39 n. 3, p. 1359-1379 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2012.02.008
AbstractThis study aims to test whether core-periphery structure (C/PS), a widely practiced and important form of structure, exists in tourist destination image (TDI). Past tourism research has identified three-dimensional and causal-networking structures of TDI, but generally fails to recognize C/PS as an alternative. This study develops a conceptual model of C/PS of TDI via a synthesis of existing works on structure, structuralism, and C/PS. Testing the model, quantitatively and qualitatively in the context of Beijing city, demonstrates that TDI can be core-peripherally structured. This alternative TDI structure expands existing perspectives in understanding the structures of TDI, offers useful tools for destination image management, and highlights the complex, pluralistic and constructed nature of mental structures. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
ISSN0160-7383
2011 Impact Factor: 3.259
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.040
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2012.02.008
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dc.contributor.authorLai, K
dc.contributor.authorLi, Y
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-23T05:50:03Z
dc.date.available2012-05-23T05:50:03Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to test whether core-periphery structure (C/PS), a widely practiced and important form of structure, exists in tourist destination image (TDI). Past tourism research has identified three-dimensional and causal-networking structures of TDI, but generally fails to recognize C/PS as an alternative. This study develops a conceptual model of C/PS of TDI via a synthesis of existing works on structure, structuralism, and C/PS. Testing the model, quantitatively and qualitatively in the context of Beijing city, demonstrates that TDI can be core-peripherally structured. This alternative TDI structure expands existing perspectives in understanding the structures of TDI, offers useful tools for destination image management, and highlights the complex, pluralistic and constructed nature of mental structures. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
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dc.identifier.citationAnnals of Tourism Research, 2012, v. 39 n. 3, p. 1359-1379 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2012.02.008
dc.identifier.citeulike10644400
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2012.02.008
dc.identifier.epage1379
dc.identifier.hkuros199699
dc.identifier.issn0160-7383
2011 Impact Factor: 3.259
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.040
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84860352415
dc.identifier.spage1359
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/146922
dc.identifier.volume39
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/annals
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofAnnals of Tourism Research
dc.subjectConceptual framework
dc.subjectCore-periphery relations
dc.subjectThree-dimensional modeling
dc.subjectTourism management
dc.subjectTourist destination
dc.titleCore-periphery structure of destination image: concept, evidence and implication
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong
  2. Sun Yat-Sen University