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ONLINE VS OFFLINE: DOES CITY IMAGE MODERATING COMPARISON BETWEEN INFLUENCE PERCEIVED BLOG INFORMATION AND REFERENCE GROUP TOWARD TOURIST VISIT INTENTION?

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Title ONLINE VS OFFLINE: DOES CITY IMAGE MODERATING COMPARISON BETWEEN INFLUENCE PERCEIVED BLOG INFORMATION AND REFERENCE GROUP TOWARD TOURIST VISIT INTENTION?
 
Creator Wijaya, Angga Pandu; Management Science Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada
 
Description Abstract: This research aims to investigating the phenomenon of perceived blog information, reference group, image of a city, and tourists’ intention to visit particular places. Perceived blog information is the online source, while the offline one is reference group. This is the first study comparing on online and offline information influence tourists’ intention to visit particular places. Samples are obtained through an electronic questionnaire involving 177 respondents and analyzed by using PLS-SEM. The results reveal that perceived blog information and reference group significantly influence image of the city and the intention to visit tourism destination. Image of the city moderate the relationship between independent and dependent variables partially. The influence of perceived blog information is greater than the reference group. It is indicates that online information is more influential. The stakeholders of tourism sector can utilize blog in increasing the number of visitors.Keywords: Blog; Reference Group; Visit Intention; City Image
 
Publisher University of agribusiness and rural development - Plovdiv
 
Contributor Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan) Ministry of Finance The Republic of Indonesia
 
Date 2017-04-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
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Identifier http://science.uard.bg/index.php/newknowledge/article/view/175
 
Source New knowledge Journal of science; Vol 6, No 1 (2017): New knowledge Journal of science
2367-4598
1314-5703
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://science.uard.bg/index.php/newknowledge/article/view/175/171
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