The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site

This paper falls within the scope of heritage tourism studies, focusingparticularly on one UNESCO World Heritage Site. It seeks to contributeto tourism literature by achieving a better understanding of whichcognitive and affective factors are behind tourists’decisions to travel tothese sites, their...

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Autores: Almeida Carreira, Vivina, González Rodríguez, María Rosario, Díaz Fernández, María del Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/160843
https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2021.1905617
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Palabra clave:Prior knowledge
Authenticity
Tourist destination image
World heritage sites
Tourists’ visit intention
UNESCO status
Coimbra
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spelling The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage SiteAlmeida Carreira, VivinaGonzález Rodríguez, María RosarioDíaz Fernández, María del CarmenPrior knowledgeAuthenticityTourist destination imageWorld heritage sitesTourists’ visit intentionUNESCO statusCoimbraThis paper falls within the scope of heritage tourism studies, focusingparticularly on one UNESCO World Heritage Site. It seeks to contributeto tourism literature by achieving a better understanding of whichcognitive and affective factors are behind tourists’decisions to travel tothese sites, their experiences during their visit and behaviouralintention after the visit. A self-administered questionnaire focusing onthe variables included in the proposed research model was given totourists. A composite-based structural equation modelling approachwas employed for the analysis. Thefindings revealed a significant andhigh correlation between travel attitude and perceived authenticity,travel motivations and destination image, and authenticity anddestination image, but it goes beyond those relations by analyzingthem in an integrated manner and at different stages of the visit tocomprehend tourist behavioural intention after the visit. Besides thetheoretical advancements with this study, the practical and managerialimplications must be emphasized particularly for entities responsible fordestination marketing that may be able to use the outcome of ourresearch to work on proper promotion strategies.Taylor and FrancisAdministración de Empresas y MarketingEconomía Aplicada I2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/160843https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2021.1905617reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésCurrent Issues in Tourism, 25 (4), 650-673.Almeida Carreira, V., González Rodríguez, M.R. y Díaz Fernández, M.d.C. (2025). Dataset of the relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site. idUS (Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla). https://doi.org/10.12795/11441/177595https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2021.1905617info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1608432026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site
title The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site
spellingShingle The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site
Almeida Carreira, Vivina
Prior knowledge
Authenticity
Tourist destination image
World heritage sites
Tourists’ visit intention
UNESCO status
Coimbra
title_short The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site
title_full The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site
title_fullStr The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site
title_full_unstemmed The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site
title_sort The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Almeida Carreira, Vivina
González Rodríguez, María Rosario
Díaz Fernández, María del Carmen
author Almeida Carreira, Vivina
author_facet Almeida Carreira, Vivina
González Rodríguez, María Rosario
Díaz Fernández, María del Carmen
author_role author
author2 González Rodríguez, María Rosario
Díaz Fernández, María del Carmen
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Administración de Empresas y Marketing
Economía Aplicada I
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Prior knowledge
Authenticity
Tourist destination image
World heritage sites
Tourists’ visit intention
UNESCO status
Coimbra
topic Prior knowledge
Authenticity
Tourist destination image
World heritage sites
Tourists’ visit intention
UNESCO status
Coimbra
description This paper falls within the scope of heritage tourism studies, focusingparticularly on one UNESCO World Heritage Site. It seeks to contributeto tourism literature by achieving a better understanding of whichcognitive and affective factors are behind tourists’decisions to travel tothese sites, their experiences during their visit and behaviouralintention after the visit. A self-administered questionnaire focusing onthe variables included in the proposed research model was given totourists. A composite-based structural equation modelling approachwas employed for the analysis. Thefindings revealed a significant andhigh correlation between travel attitude and perceived authenticity,travel motivations and destination image, and authenticity anddestination image, but it goes beyond those relations by analyzingthem in an integrated manner and at different stages of the visit tocomprehend tourist behavioural intention after the visit. Besides thetheoretical advancements with this study, the practical and managerialimplications must be emphasized particularly for entities responsible fordestination marketing that may be able to use the outcome of ourresearch to work on proper promotion strategies.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Current Issues in Tourism, 25 (4), 650-673.
Almeida Carreira, V., González Rodríguez, M.R. y Díaz Fernández, M.d.C. (2025). Dataset of the relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination imageto explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site. idUS (Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla). https://doi.org/10.12795/11441/177595
https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2021.1905617
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