Identify and Rank the Factors Affecting e-Marketing in Promoting the Brand of Health Tourism Destinations
Subject Areas : Health Management ServicesNavid Majedi 1 , Amirhossein Shayegh 2
1 - Master of Business Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, University of Allameh Tabataba'I, Tehran, Iran
2 - Master of Industrial Management, Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Keywords: Tourism Destination, E-Marketing, Health Tourism, Brand, marketing,
Abstract :
Introduction: Researchers consider the most important factor in the development of health tourism as the attitude of tourists to the destination. E-marketing can create credibility and reputation as well as create a good image in people's minds. The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the factors affecting e-marketing in promoting the brand of health tourism destinations.Method: This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The effective factors were identified by 15 experts in the field of health tourism. Then, matrix questionnaires were prepared and provided to 173 health tourists and the data were analyzed and modeled by social networks using fuzzy mapping tools and techniques.Results: The factors of verbal advertising of users, design of websites with appropriate content and management of knowledge and expertise with the amount of 21.3, 18.15 and 17.6, respectively, are more central than other factors and as a result these factors should be paid more attention.Conclusion: The results indicate that 13 factors affecting e-marketing in promoting the brand of health tourism destinations in order of priority include verbal advertising of users, design of websites with appropriate content, knowledge and expertise management, awareness and Information about health tourism destinations, tourists 'mental image of the destination, technology infrastructure, creating a sense of trust and confidence in tourists, tourists' loyalty to the destination, interaction and communication, service delivery innovation, use of educational videos on the web, Organizational factors are environmental factors.
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