Furthermore, since tourist brochures and advertising always portray a “sunny and warm climate”, this is likely to raise the
expectations of customers. Therefore, when tourists encountered rainy days, the outcome associated with the attribute “sunny and warm climate” was lower than their enhanced expectations. This study has helped to identify the weak attributes of the destination. Particular attention should be paid to improve the destination and satisfy tourists so that they are motivated to travel long distances to visit this small island destination despite of the existence of competing destinations as well the threat of the global financial crisis. Future studies could investigate the impacts of tourist satisfaction on their behavioral intentions.