A local destination story for the restoration of the destination image affected by Covid-19 crisis: evidence from Indonesia

The study investigates the impact of the narrative engagement mechanism on destination image and tourist behaviour during the Covid-19 crisis. This study used primary data collected from 390 respondents via a scenario-based survey. The results show that the authenticity, conciseness, and reversal of...

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Main Authors: Fatimah Abdillah, Adi Zakaria Afiff, Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati, Asnan Furinto
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022010726
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author Fatimah Abdillah
Adi Zakaria Afiff
Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati
Asnan Furinto
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Asnan Furinto
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description The study investigates the impact of the narrative engagement mechanism on destination image and tourist behaviour during the Covid-19 crisis. This study used primary data collected from 390 respondents via a scenario-based survey. The results show that the authenticity, conciseness, and reversal of destination stories significantly influence the customers' narrative engagement, which further influences the destination's image and behavioural intentions affected by Covid-19. However, narrative engagement and the destination story did not lead to visitors' affective destination images. This study offers a practical contribution on how a personal travel story helped destinations affected by Covid-19 survive the crisis. Additionally, the study has substantial implications for local destination marketing organisations in expanding recovery strategies and redeveloping images in the future. The study also provides theoretical contribution as the dynamic change in local destination images (cognitive and affective) during the Covid-19 crisis have rarely been explored in academic studies.
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spelling doaj.art-58b2d50aa3354f2c94eb5e5d4364c19a2022-12-22T02:38:06ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-06-0186e09784A local destination story for the restoration of the destination image affected by Covid-19 crisis: evidence from IndonesiaFatimah Abdillah0Adi Zakaria Afiff1Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati2Asnan Furinto3Graduate School of Management, Management Department Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia; Corresponding author.Management Department Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Indonesia, Depok, IndonesiaManagement Department Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Indonesia, Depok, IndonesiaBinus Business School, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, IndonesiaThe study investigates the impact of the narrative engagement mechanism on destination image and tourist behaviour during the Covid-19 crisis. This study used primary data collected from 390 respondents via a scenario-based survey. The results show that the authenticity, conciseness, and reversal of destination stories significantly influence the customers' narrative engagement, which further influences the destination's image and behavioural intentions affected by Covid-19. However, narrative engagement and the destination story did not lead to visitors' affective destination images. This study offers a practical contribution on how a personal travel story helped destinations affected by Covid-19 survive the crisis. Additionally, the study has substantial implications for local destination marketing organisations in expanding recovery strategies and redeveloping images in the future. The study also provides theoretical contribution as the dynamic change in local destination images (cognitive and affective) during the Covid-19 crisis have rarely been explored in academic studies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022010726Covid-19 crisisDestination storyNarrative engagementDestination imageBehavioural intention
spellingShingle Fatimah Abdillah
Adi Zakaria Afiff
Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati
Asnan Furinto
A local destination story for the restoration of the destination image affected by Covid-19 crisis: evidence from Indonesia
Heliyon
Covid-19 crisis
Destination story
Narrative engagement
Destination image
Behavioural intention
title A local destination story for the restoration of the destination image affected by Covid-19 crisis: evidence from Indonesia
title_full A local destination story for the restoration of the destination image affected by Covid-19 crisis: evidence from Indonesia
title_fullStr A local destination story for the restoration of the destination image affected by Covid-19 crisis: evidence from Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed A local destination story for the restoration of the destination image affected by Covid-19 crisis: evidence from Indonesia
title_short A local destination story for the restoration of the destination image affected by Covid-19 crisis: evidence from Indonesia
title_sort local destination story for the restoration of the destination image affected by covid 19 crisis evidence from indonesia
topic Covid-19 crisis
Destination story
Narrative engagement
Destination image
Behavioural intention
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022010726
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