“ Imagination of brand image for tourism industry

The imagination of brand image for tourism industry is a combination of antecedents and moderators that create differential effects on customer response to the tourism marketing of the brand. As imagination consider framework of brand image for tourism industry. By constructing a conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry will build a competitive advantage in the tourism marketplace. Indeed, recent trends in modern tourism marketing have changed tremendously, and study of a conceptual framework is increasingly becoming considerable to keep pace with this change. In this conceptual paper, authors have summarized the literature on currently prevailing concepts and approaches on brand image for tourism industry.


Introduction 
Brand image for tourism industry constructs conceptual framework that creates differential effects on customer response to the marketing of tourism industry. Considering the importance of brand image for tourism industry, since last decade tourism industry is engaged to construct the conceptual framework of brand image and enhance sweet blow into customers' mind in the perspective of tourism industry. The conceptual framework indicates a combination of antecedents and moderators of brand image for tourism industry. Actually, antecedents and moderators are latent variables of brand image whose task is to build and hold brand image into customers' mind for a long period of time. In this regard, the conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry bears great significance into today's tourism marketing environment. Moreover, the conceptual framework of brand image is one of the essential blocks of customer-based brand equity that underlies as perceptions about a tourism brand which are reflected by the brand associations are apprehended in customer's memory (Keller, 1998). Thus, it is acknowledged that the conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry plays an important role as antecedents and moderators of brand image that assist tourism industry to keep touch within customers' memory for a long period of time. With this paper as a background, we attempt to present a conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry. We have discussed a conceptual framework and its managerial implications that include brand awareness, brand association, brand superiority, brand affection, brand resonance, corporate social responsibility, tourism management and advertisement that are based on comprehensive review of the existing literatures. On the other hand, there is no literature about the degree of tourism management and advertisement as moderators of brand image within tourism industry. In this regard, first time this conceptual paper introduces both the degree of tourism management and advertisement as moderators toward brand image for tourism industry.

Imagination of brand image
Keller (1998) underlies that brand image has long been recognized as an important concept in marketing and although marketers have not always agreed about how to measure it, one generally accepted view is that brand image is consumers' perceptions about a brand, as reflected by the brand associations held in consumer memory. Keller (2008) mentions that creating a positive brand image takes marketing programs that link strong, favorable and unique associations to the brand in memory. Customers are able to form brand associations in a variety of ways other than marketing activities: from direct experience; through information from other commercial or nonpartisan sources. As such, the brand image can be considered as the key concept between the brand and the brand equity based on customers. Moreover, in developing strong brand image within tourism industry that assists customers to build strong mind-set about tourism brand (Katke, 2007).
In this perspective, it can be suggested that the effect of brand image for tourism industry will build as well as sustain for a long period of time in customers' mind. As a result, brand image makes essential impact to explore the effect of a conceptual framework of brand image including brand awareness, association, superiority, affection, resonance, corporate social responsibility, tourism management and advertisement.

Imagination of tourism industry
Because of huge competition into tourism marketing, the imagination of tourism industry goes on vibrate into customers' mind through brand image. As a result, tourism industry is not only assorted but also has been recognized as one of the largest and fastest growing industry all over the world. Indeed, the tourism business is experiencing continued growth as a significant segment of the tourism industry. The increasing competition has had key advantages for the customer: increased choice regarding different alternatives, greater value for the money, and augmented levels of service from tourism industry (Latif et al., 2015). So, a strong competitiveness of tourism marketing has been more significant and the need for effective and efficient marketing strategies that assist imagination of tourism industry in this modern world.
In this context, brand image for tourism industry emphasizes conceptual framework. Through this framework, it is easy to imagine the exploration of the effect of brand image for tourism industry where tourism management and advertisement act as moderators.

A conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry
Based on literature review, the conceptual framework that explains the antecedents and moderators of brand image in the competitive markets known as a conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry. The eight latent elements of this framework that include brand awareness, brand association, brand superiority, brand affection, brand resonance and corporate social responsibility those treated as antecedents of brand image whereas tourism management and advertisement act as moderators of brand image for tourism industry are discussed below.

Brand awareness.
According to Keller (1998 and2008), brand awareness underlies brand recognition and recalls performance. Both components are playing active role to build brand image. Moreover, brand awareness creates pressure to increase brand image inside tourism industry. So brand awareness is the first step by which customers are aware about brands as well as organizations within tourism industry and build strong associations in the mind of customers. As a result, brand awareness is the first antecedent of a proposed conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry (Latif et al., 2014).

Brand association.
Brand associations are helpful tool for marketers. By using brand associations, marketers differentiate their brands and make a strong position not only in customers' mind but also into competitive tourism marketplace. According to Aaker (1991), brand associations build and create positive attitudes and feelings towards brands in the mind of customers that enhance brand image within tourism industry. Thus, brand association is the second antecedent of a proposed conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry (Latif et al., 2014).

Brand affection.
For affection, emotions can play a vital role and create great impact into customer behavior. On the other hand, in a modern consumer attitude model, emotions make relationship between cognitive evaluations and behavioral intentions (Bagozzi, 1992). Within emotional perspective, customers will increase their affection level about brands. Moreover, the affection level positively contributes in perception level. In this regard, affection along with perception enhances brand image in the perspective of tourism industry, and brand affection is the fourth antecedent of a proposed conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry (Latif et al., 2014).

Brand resonance.
Brand resonance underlies final relationship with those customers who are affected by affection (Keller, 2003). With the help of brand resonance, organizations within tourism industry create strong brand loyalty. Moreover, brand resonance describes how to build strong loyal relationships with customers. In this regard, along with the loyalty, brand resonance which is the fifth antecedent enhances brand image for tourism industry (Latif et al., 2014).

Corporate social responsibility.
Nowadays, modern tourism marketing realizes the significance of corporate social responsibility and its impact on brand image within tourism industry. The contribution of corporate social responsibility does not only impact on brand image but also encompasses societal wellbeing (Murali Raman et al., 2012). Indeed, to win brand resonance in today's markets, corporate social responsibility has become a useful tool that enhances brand image. Considering stated logic, corporate social responsibility is the sixth as well as final antecedent of the proposed conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry (Latif et al., 2014).  (2001), tourism is the combination of phenomena as well as relationships occurring from the travel and focus on non-residents whose intention does not lead to permanent residence and they are not involved in any earning activity. In this context, tourism business is managed by different sets of activities where proper management system is needed. Thus, tourism and management are closely interrelated to each other. In this regard, along with antecedents of brand image which are moderated by the degree of tourism management that enhances brand image for tourism industry (Latif et al., 2015).

Advertisement.
Advertisement is a method of communication that provides information about product. Through advertisement customers do not only get information but also advertisement pursues and reminds customer for purchasing product. The main objective of advertisement is to create product image and directly pursue customers to purchase product (Park et al., 2008). At present, different types of advertising media have been presented into modern tourism marketing world. Billboards, newspapers and magazines play as a first generation tourism advertising media. Radio and television play as a next generation tourism advertising media and now both media are the most popular in the advertisement world for tourism industry. Recently, Internet and Mobile network have been introduced as a new type of tourism advertising media (Park et al., 2008). So, all of these tourism advertising media can play an active role for advertisement and with the help of these advertising media tourism marketers provide their product information to customers. Additionally, advertisement plays a key role to build a product position into the marketplace. Thus, tourism marketers use advertising media to establish and occupy a product position into the mind of customers. In this perspective, along with antecedents of brand image which is moderated by the degree of advertisement that enhances brand image for tourism industry. The following Figure 1 shows the plausible antecedents and moderators of brand image.

Managerial implications of a conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry
The suggested conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry provides possible antecedents and moderators of brand image to marketers. Along with possible antecedents and moderators marketers make a strong brand image as well as customer relationships for a long period of time. Regarding a strong brand image and customer relationships, tourism marketers take competitive advantages from target markets. Indeed, nowadays modern tourism marketing and market is challenging for tourism marketers to build brand image and sustain customer relationships within tourism industry for a long period of time. In this regard, this proposed framework should assist tourism marketers to build brand image and sustain as well as maintain customer relationships for a long period of time where main indicator is to establish tourism industry. On the other hand, tourism marketers also want to create strong resonance along with corporate social responsibility and loyalty with customers where the degree of tourism management and advertisement play a significant role. In this perspective, this suggested framework will assist tourism marketers to create strong resonance along with corporate social responsibility and customer loyalty that is significantly moderated by the degree of tourism management and advertisement. Regarding brand image the tourism marketers will be able to do it from customer familiarity to a brand along with customer satisfaction, trust and attitudinal loyalty as well as behavior loyalty. Thus, this suggested framework should influence tourism marketers to construct strong brand resonance along with corporate social responsibility and loyalty with the help of degree of tourism management and advertisement as well as sustainable brand image that ultimately come from possible conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry. We assume that with the help of this proposed framework, tourism marketers will increase brand image and customers' knowledge level about tourism industry. We further assume that this framework will be highly acknowledged by customer-based brand equity. This is so as framework awareness, association, superiority, affection, resonance, corporate social responsibility, tourism management and advertisement always knock to customer's engagement about brand image for tourism industry.
Finally, this proposed framework should not only provide theoretical authentication that supports the significance of antecedents and moderators of brand image but also will present an accomplishment process which will show how the antecedents and moderators of brand image can affect tourism market performance in the marketplace. Therefore, we believe this proposed framework provides the much needed indication that high level of brand awareness, brand association, brand superiority, brand affection, brand resonance, corporate social responsibility, tourism management and advertisement increase the probability of the effect of brand image for tourism industry.

Conclusion
This paper discusses the conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry that represents the antecedents and moderators of brand image in the perspective of tourism industry. This paper also presents managerial implication and discusses it based on the review of pertinent literatures. As discussed in this conceptual paper, brand image creates competitive advantage of tourism products in the tourism marketplace and enhances overall tourism industry goodwill, trust and credibility into the mind of customers.

Recommendation
We recommend that the antecedents and moderators of brand image dimensions in the context of proposed conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry would be a potential for building a strong tourism brand in the modern tourism marketing environment because the antecedents and moderators of brand image can offer valuable managerial implications that will help the tourism brand managers. Many of the ideas expressed in this proposed conceptual framework will provide a more comprehensive picture of how tourism industry can create brand image and sustain brand image for a tourism brand. Moreover, we believe that with the help of this proposed conceptual framework, tourism industry will be able to build brand image and make customer relationships into a competitive marketplace. Overall, we recommend that the eight latent variables proposed in conceptual framework of brand image for tourism industry namely, brand awareness, brand association, brand superiority, brand affection, brand resonance, corporate social responsibility, tourism management and advertisement can enable for tourism industry to create brand image and sustain brand image for a long period of time in a competitive tourism market.