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Tourism is one of the significant sectors of a country and its economy. It serves as a way to promote a country or a destination. When utilized properly, it also serves as an efficient tool to contribute positively to economics. The importance of the tourism industry emerges in the mid and long run as a result of economic development and increasing quality of life in the destination in question. Yet, tourism industry is heading to become one of the main sectors in the world as millions of travelers move from on place to another. However, tourism industry shall be organized in the highest possible standards in order to attract more visitors; since, it is also an unpredictable and volatile industry too. So, the sustainability of the demand in the tourism industry is fundamental. Yet, such a sustainable industrial framework requires principles as to be different, accomplish authenticity, uphold contemporary values, comprehend the expectations of target markets, improve holiday experience, develop natural values, preserve local merits, achieve perfection in innovation and constitute mutual benefits for both the visitors and hosts. Therefore, the retention of the existing consumers and attraction of new ones have become indispensable. To achieve this target, it is fundamental to use proper marketing methods and disseminate the promotional messages with the most efficient means in order to increase the number of visitors coming each passing year. For, careful strategic tourism planning ought to be made by possibly the state authority and in cooperation with the other stakeholders such as tour operators, hotel chains, travel agencies, transport operators in order to realize destination attractiveness and attribute improvement by proper management policies (Radu et al., 2014; Nordbo et al., 2014; Rakita, Siprgic, 2014; Carson et al., 2004; Halkier et al., 2014).
Destination marketing is to promote a holiday and leisure place in a micro perspective and in a macro perspective is to market all tourism facilities. Destination could either be a small or a large province. The aim is to construct a positive destination image and use this destination image in advertising activities. Destination image is the aggregation of entire beliefs, ideas, impression and experience of a visitor as a result of destination attractiveness, positive attributes with competitive management practices. Also, a positive destination image would largely impact on the visitors’ retention and attraction of new ones too. The destination image and marketing should be constituted rationally, projected strategically, shared with society and promoted sufficiently abroad, resulting in a sophisticated, selective and perceptive learning mechanism and lead to more visits in forthcoming periods. This image would also reflect the realities of the destination, preferably in a positive manner. A good holiday destination and its positive image could raise the expectations of visitors prior to voyage, enhance the tourism experience, accommodate the commitment of consumers and value proposition. Thereby, the advertising of a destination is considerable owing to the positive contributions it could make (Silva et al., 2013; Nordbo et al., 2014; Dongfeng, 2013; Vilchez, 2013; Golja, Slivar, 2014; Correia, Guillet, 2013)