Medical tourism destination image: Scale development

In response to heightened competition among destinations vying for medical tourists, these destinations have prioritized improving their image. Although several scales exist to assess destination images, there is a scarcity of scales specifically tailored to measure the image of medical tourism dest...

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Published in:The international journal of tourism research 2024-07, Vol.26 (4), p.n/a
Main Authors: Alp, Gamze, Yılmaz, Yıldırım
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