- Turizm Akademik Dergisi
- Volume:6 Issue:2
- EXPERIENTIAL DESTINATION MARKETING AND TOURIST BEHAVIOR: A RESEARCH ON SENIOR TOURISTS
EXPERIENTIAL DESTINATION MARKETING AND TOURIST BEHAVIOR: A RESEARCH ON SENIOR TOURISTS
Authors : Bilge ÇAVUŞGİL KÖSE, Ayşe AKYOL
Pages : 271-287
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Publication Date : 2019-11-01
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Destination tourism activities and objects, by their very nature, are experience based and have a high potential in terms of experiential marketing’s applicability. In this regard, it has been aimed to adapt strategic experiential marketing modules insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(sense, feel, act, think and relate); to the destination of Istanbul and to analyze the effect of those components on the satisfaction level and behavioral intentions insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(loyalty, intention to pay more and negative word of mouth); of senior tourists visiting Istanbul, Turkey. Data were collected by a self-administrative questionnaire on senior visitors. The results of structural equation model showed direct and indirect relations between strategic experiential marketing modules, experiential satisfaction and behavioral intentions.Keywords : Experiential Marketing, Destination Marketing, Senior Tourists, Structural Equation Modeling
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