Analysis of the image South Korean university students have of Barcelona before visiting

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SILVIA ESPINOSA MIRABET
SIN GYU KANG

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The aim of this study is to determine the necessity of measuring the present image of the destinations that are important in tourism marketing and then to provide fundamental material for a marketing strategy parallel to this image. In 2018, 225 thousand Korean tourists arrived in Catalonia, 60% more than in 2017. And since 2012, the number of tourists of this destination has multiplied by 4.5. This tourist flow increases year after year and Barcelona is one of the preferred destinations. Beyond this small context, the truth is that the Catalan tourism industry does not have conscientious studies that describe the image of Barcelona perceived by the Korean tourists. Therefore, statistical data have been analyzed and 340 surveys have been carried out on young Korean people in their twenties who intend to travel to Barcelona. A credibility analysis and a regression analysis were conducted to study the effects of these affective and cognitive images on South Korean students’ intention to visit. As a result of this study, affective image was rejected because it did not have an impact on intention to visit, while cognitive image was found to do influence it.


Keywords: Barcelona; Korean tourists; young tourism; South Korea; tourist image

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ESPINOSA MIRABET, S., & KANG, S. G. (2021). Analysis of the image South Korean university students have of Barcelona before visiting. REVUE INTERNATIONAL DE TOURISME, ENTREPRISE ET TERRITOIRE, 5(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.21071/riturem.v5i1.13105
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SILVIA ESPINOSA MIRABET, University of Girona (Spain)

Vice Dean of the Faculty of Tourism. University of Girona (Spain).

SIN GYU KANG, University of Girona (Spain)

Doctor in Tourism from the University of Girona (Spain)