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VOL. 2, ISSUE 5 (2017)
Marketing a tourism destination by assessing visitors perception towards dimensions of destination image in India
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Marzieh Yal, Kaleem Mohammed Khan
Abstract
As tourism is the fastest growing industry in the world, it became one among the world’s most competitive industries. The competition is increasing day by day since more and more countries seek to attract tourists and more companies and organizations become involved in the highly skilled business of transporting, accommodating and catering for tourists. Just as any other products tourism too needs to be marketed, as it is an industry in which the customer still has an immense variety of choices. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to identify dimensions of India’s image as a tourism destination, measuring perception of foreign tourists regarding identified dimensions and to suggest efficient marketing practices in order to increse number of visitors. So in the marketing tourist destination, identifying image of destination are considered as the major issue for destination marketing.
This paper aimed to study destination marketing by assessing perceptions of tourists visiting India. For this purpose, a field survey has been undertaken in Delhi as a capital of India. Surveys were received from 600 participants, but 133 of them were not filled out as required for this survey; thus, the analysis was made of 467 survey forms. The sample was collected in a convenience sampling technique from selected locations. The locations selected were Indira Gandhi International Airport and northern railway station located at Delhi. Using a structured questionnaire, data relating to the personal profile of the tourists, their perception on identified dimensions of destination image were collected. Following the analysis of demographic profiles of tourists, an assessment was made about perceptions of visitors at this destination. Mean score of visitors attitude regarding India’s image were analyzed. This study identified factors like Travel Environment & Accessibility, Infrastructure, Price & Value, Cultural Attractions and Natural Attractions as determinants of destination image. Research findings revealed that cultural attractions are the most important factor to attract foreign tourists.
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Pages:808-812
How to cite this article:
Marzieh Yal, Kaleem Mohammed Khan "Marketing a tourism destination by assessing visitors perception towards dimensions of destination image in India". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 2, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 808-812
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