Nature-Based Destination Image: an empirically validated multidimensional measurement model in the Brazilian Amazon destination.

Abstract

This paper aimed to empirically validate a multidimensional measurement model for the Nature-Based Tourism Destination Image - NBDI, including the cognitive, affective, and conative components, present in the construct of variables tested by Chaves and Anjos, (2022). The validation of the NBDI measurement model relied on a non-probability quota-based sample consisting of 592 international tourists who visited the Legal Amazon destination. The results pointed out that the NBDI can be measured by a three-dimensional construct of 3rd Order, where the image components presented a positive influence in the formation of the overall image, being the affective component of greater influence, followed by the cognitive and conative, presenting convergent and discriminant validity. The study contributes to the theoretical discussions about NBDI, offering a multidimensional scale with reliable psychometric property and validated with 57 variables, scarce subjects in the scientific literature, as well as, in the marketing strategies of public and private institutions.