{"title":"MODELLING THE NEW BRAND EQUITY OF DESTINATION THEORY AND TRAVEL INTENTION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY FROM VIETNAM","authors":"T. Bui","doi":"10.20867/thm.29.3.3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – There is a lack of research on the causal relationship between a tourism destination’s new brand equity and travel intention. This study aims to identify and explore the model of tourism destination new brand equity, validate and evaluate the relationships between tourism destination new brand equity elements and travel intention in the context of tourism destinations. Design – This study collected primary data from March to May 2021 based on a questionnaire survey of 589 domestic tourists traveling to Dong Thap province. The newly proposed conceptual framework was evaluated and validated using the PLS-SEM method. Findings – The main new findings of this study were the identification of the nine constructs of destination brand equity and their association with travel likelihood. The study revealed the effect of the new constructs of destination brand equity constructs on travel willingness, which can promote domestic tourism in Dong Thap province. Originality of the research – The current study can be considered as an important contribution to the theoretical and managerial implications for local authorities to understand the new model of destination brand equity from the perspective of domestic tourists. The findings of this study may increase travel intention and promote tourism in Dong Thap province.","PeriodicalId":45185,"journal":{"name":"Tourism and Hospitality Management-Croatia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tourism and Hospitality Management-Croatia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.20867/thm.29.3.3","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Purpose – There is a lack of research on the causal relationship between a tourism destination’s new brand equity and travel intention. This study aims to identify and explore the model of tourism destination new brand equity, validate and evaluate the relationships between tourism destination new brand equity elements and travel intention in the context of tourism destinations. Design – This study collected primary data from March to May 2021 based on a questionnaire survey of 589 domestic tourists traveling to Dong Thap province. The newly proposed conceptual framework was evaluated and validated using the PLS-SEM method. Findings – The main new findings of this study were the identification of the nine constructs of destination brand equity and their association with travel likelihood. The study revealed the effect of the new constructs of destination brand equity constructs on travel willingness, which can promote domestic tourism in Dong Thap province. Originality of the research – The current study can be considered as an important contribution to the theoretical and managerial implications for local authorities to understand the new model of destination brand equity from the perspective of domestic tourists. The findings of this study may increase travel intention and promote tourism in Dong Thap province.
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Tourism and Hospitality Management is an international, multidisciplinary, open access journal, aiming to promote and enhance research in all fields of the tourism and hospitality industry. It publishes double-blind reviewed papers and encourages an interchange between tourism and hospitality researchers, educators and managers. Editors of Tourism and Hospitality Management strongly promote research integrity and aim to prevent any type of scientific misconduct, such as: fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, redundant publication and authorship problems. All submitted manuscripts are checked using Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate). Nurturing a scientifically based approach to research, the journal publishes original papers along with empirical research and theoretical articles that contribute to the conceptual development of tourism and hospitality management. Editors look particularly for articles about new trends, challenges and developments, as well as the application of new ideas that are likely to affect the tourism and hospitality industry. The general criteria for the acceptance of articles are: contribution to the scientific knowledge in the field of tourism and hospitality management, scientifically reliable research methodology, relevant literature review and quality of the English language.