باوجود اینکه پژوهش های بسیاری در زمینه ی برند سازی مقاصد صورت گرفته است، مطالعه در زمینه ی شخصیت مقصد همچنان محدود باقی مانده است. هدف از انجام این پژوهش شناسایی شخصیت مقصد ایران و بررسی رابطه ی میان شخصیت مقصد و تمایلات رفتاری گردشگران بین المللی ورودی با استفاده از مدل آکر(1997) می باشد. جامعه آماری این پژوهش را گردشگران بین المللی ورودی به ایران تشکیل می دهند. پرسشنامه پژوهش به صورت تصادفی میان اعضای نمونه توزیع شد و از مجموع 420 پرسشنامه جمع آوری شده، 407 پرسشنامه ی صحیح مورد تجزیه و تحلیل قرار گرفت. نتایج بدست آمده از تحلیل عاملی اکتشافی و رگرسیون چند متغیره نشان می دهد، گردشگران ویژگی های شخصیتی را به مقاصد گردشگری نسبت می دهند و شخصیت مقصد درک شده ایران در نظر گردشگران بین المللی دارای 3 بعد مهمان نوازی و فرهنگ، بی ریایی و با طراوت است. <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'B Zar';" lang="AR-SA">هدشتی، زهره؛ خانی، سجاد و اجلی، امین. 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(1392). ویژگیهای</span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;" lang="AR-SA"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'B Zar';" lang="AR-SA">شخصیت</span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;" lang="AR-SA"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'B Zar';" lang="AR-SA">مقصد</span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;" lang="AR-SA"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'B Zar';" lang="AR-SA">از دیدگاه گردشگران خارجی (مورد مطالعه شهر تبریز)</span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'B Zar';" lang="AR-SA">. پایاننامه کارشناسی ارشد (دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی).</span> <span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'B Zar'; mso-bidi-language: FA;" lang="FA">ضیایی، محمود و مهدیخانی، نیلوفر. 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