Brand and image: the strategic factors in destination marketing
by Valentina Della Corte, Alessio Piras, Giuseppina Zamparelli
International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing (IJLTM), Vol. 1, No. 4, 2010

Abstract: The field of analysis of the paper is the destination and its management and marketing. Particularly, the specific focus is on some strategic factors of destination marketing with reference to quality, identity, image and brand as a leverage for promotion and, above all, for destination development in stakeholders' collaboration perspective. Starting from the analysis of the main literature on the topic and with an overview of the theoretical framework, the empirical part investigates the practices of destination marketing, spotting some strategic leverages. The case of Amalfi Coast is analysed, in order to verify if the factors considered in the theoretical part can be real catalysts of destination promotion and development.

Online publication date: Sun, 07-Mar-2010

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