4. Findings
This section presents the main research results. To assess the model developed, SmartPLS 2.0 (M3) was applied based on path modelling and then the bootstrapping [15]-[16]. 200 re-samples were used to generate the standard error of the estimate and t-values.
4.1. Assessment of the Measurement Model
Firstly, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to test the reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity of the scales. As indicated in the Table 1, most item loadings were larger than 0.5 (significant at p < 0.01). As shown in Table I, the Average Variance Extracted (AVEs) was either closed to and exceeded 0.5 [17]. The composite Reliability (CRs) for all the variables exceeded 0.7 [18] while the Cronbach alpha values were either close to or exceeded 0.7 [19]. It was noted that all the indicators loaded much higher on their hypothesized factor than on other factors (own loading are higher than cross loadings [20], [21], hence convergent validity is confirmed. In addition, as indicated in Table 2, the square root of the AVE was tested against the intercorrelations of the construct with the other constructs in the model to ensure discriminant validity [20], [21], [22], and all the square root of the AVE exceeded the correlations with other variables. Thus, the measurement model was considered satisfactory with the evidence of adequate reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity.
4.2. Assessment of the Structural Model
Secondly, Table 3 and Figure 1 present the results of the hypotheses testing. It was revealed that two hypotheses were found to be significantly related to the destination image. The results have revealed that two hypotheses, namely, H2 and H3 were supported whereas, H1 and H4 were not supported.
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