Destination Branding: An Analysis of the Swedish Destination Image Representation and the Perception on the German Market

Language: English

Published by GRIN Verlag Jun 2014, 2014

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Tourism, grade: 1,0, University of Applied Sciences Heide, language: English, abstract: Destinations are one of the tourism industries biggest brands. Nowadays, travelersare overwhelmed with places, which fit in their holiday scheme. The tourismmarket is crowded by destinations and the outcome is the substitutability ofplaces. (Pike, 2005) Destination branding is a way to differentiate a destinationfrom its existing competitors. Branding a country is a complex and multilevelbusiness. One of the core aspects in destination branding is to identify and differentiatea destination through to a positive destination image. The destinationimage is a crucial part in the travelers' decision making process and verifiableinfluence the tourist behavior. Therefore the destination image has become oneof the major concepts in destination marketing. Special focus is given to thedestination image theory, which is a major aspect in destination branding.(Echtner & Ritchie, 2003; Qu et al., 2011; Wang & Pizam, 2011)Just as product brands, destination brands are living entities. They have to bemanaged continuously and changed over time, to ensure a fit to environmentalchanges. (Wang & Pizam, 2011) Sweden has therefore developed a nationalbranding and sales strategy for the tourism industry to implement until 2020 andfully launched in 2013. (Gaßmann, 2013) A part of this strategy is the creationof special themes to present a holistic Sweden image and destination brand.(Communication Guide, 2013) Among others, this strategy will be used to comparethe presented and advertised Sweden image with the image perception onthe German source market, to analyze compliance or incongruity. Germany isan interesting and important source market for the Swedish tourism industry.According to the research of the UNWTO, Germany is one of the biggestspenders in the 164 pp. Englisch.…

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Title
Destination Branding: An Analysis of the Swedish Destination Image Representation and the Perception on the German Market
Author
Doreen Kupke
Publisher
GRIN Verlag Jun 2014
Publication year
2014
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Neu
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Taschenbuch
Language
English
ISBN 10
3656677875
ISBN 13
9783656677871
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247 grams
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210x148x12 mm

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