The effect of destination brand originality and self-concept with the brand on loyalty according to the role of brand interaction (Case study of Isfahan)

this study seeks to investigate the effect of destination brand authenticity and destination brand self-congruence on brand engagement and loyal behaviors (revisit intention and recommendation intention). This research is an applied research that has been done by descriptive method and is of correlation type. The statistical population of this study includes tourists who visited Naghshe Jahan Square in Isfahan in the summer of 2021. 384 people were determined as the sample size using Cochran's formula, who were selected using non-random sampling method. In order to collect data, a standard questionnaire was used, the validity of which was confirmed by a survey of experts and its reliability was confirmed by calculating Cronbach's alpha. The collected data were analyzed in two sections of descriptive statistics with SPSS software and inferential statistics. To test the hypotheses, structural equation modeling method and AMOS software were used. The findings of the analyzing eight hypotheses of this study indicate that the destination brand authenticity and destination brand self-congruence have a positive and significant effect on destination brand engagement, revisit intention and recommendation intention. The results also showed that destination brand engagement has a significant effect on the revisit intention and recommendation intention of Naghshe Jahan Square