The implicit measurement of destination image: The application of Implicit Association Tests

Jie Yang, Jiaxun He and Yingkang Gu

Tourism Management, 2012, vol. 33, issue 1, 50-52

Abstract: The previous studies about destination image measurement mainly focused on measuring tourists’ explicit cognitive processes without measuring their implicit cognitive processes. This study introduces the Implicit Association Test (IAT) into the domain of destination image measurement, and utilizes a traditional questionnaire to measure Chinese tourists’ perceived image of Japan and Hong Kong both at explicit and implicit level. Results show that Chinese tourists’ explicit preference between Japan and Hong Kong is insignificant, but there is significant implicit preference for their perceived image of Hong Kong over that of Japan. This study advances the research on destination image and enriches the method on the measurement of destination image.

Keywords: Destination image; IAT; Japan; Hong Kong (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.01.022

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