Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Strategic positioning of tourist destinations- analyzing the role of perceived meaningfulness Subject The topic of the resource Destination quality; Niche markets; Perceived meaningfulness; Positioning; Post-visit destination image; Travel motivation Description An account of the resource This study analyzed the cognitive and affective components of destination image in the perception of foreign tourists visiting Indian destinations by exploring conceptual constructs, namely Post-visit Destination Image and Perceived Meaningfulness. The exploratory factor analysis of the responses of foreign tourists (n = 242) on items related to the major constructs significant in tourist behavior such as destination quality, perceived meaningfulness, and post-visit destination image confirmed the existence of multi-dimensional structure. Additionally, the empirical validation of the theoretical framework developed on the tenents of stimulus-organism-response paradigm with the constructs using structural equation modeling established significant relationships helpful to understand many new travel motivations. The study established that perceived meaningfulness has a significant mediating role in predicting tourist referral/revisit intentions from positive perceptions about destination quality and post-visit destination image. The observations from the study helped to identify six types of travel motivations useful in developing niche markets for positioning Indian destinations. The identified travel motivations, namely physical meaningfulness seeking, eternal meaningfulness seeking, social meaningfulness seeking, nature-loving, hospitality appreciating, and uniqueness exploring, offer directions to destination marketers to revamp destination attributes for destination marketing. 2021 The Authors Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rejikumar G.; Ajitha A.A.; Jose A.; Mathew S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Vol-49, pp. 140-151. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.08.025" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.08.025</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85114810668&amp;doi=10.1016%2Fj.jhtm.2021.08.025&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b8c6669d27608dbe680910d54efef1bf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85114810668&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.jhtm.2021.08.025&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b8c6669d27608dbe680910d54efef1bf</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 14476770 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Rejikumar G., Department of Management, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, India; Ajitha A.A., Indian Institute of Management Amritsar, Amritsar, India; Jose A., Department of Professional Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India; Mathew S., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Bangalore, India