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The purpose of this study is to verify both destination image and tourists' self image congruence on the tourists' satisfaction and behavioral intention. In order to accomplish this purpose, existing theories and literature review were studied. Based on this review, a questionnaire was developed to identify the connections among different variables. There are 4 hypotheses based on literature reviews. Then we tested the data from questionnaires using SPSS 14.0. Respondents who are over 16 years old and have visited Jeju Island were selected for this research. The data were collected for one month from July 20th to August 20th in 2008. Our findings indicate that both arousal and pleasantness in actual self congruence and ideal self congruence have strong influence on the tourists' satisfaction. And the tourists' satisfaction, in turn , influence tourists' revisit intention and recommendation intention. This study is meaningful in that marketer can utilize more segmented marketing strategies for potential tourists who have similar image to destination image.