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The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between the sources of tourist information (SNS, blog, and commercial advertising) and the cognitive self-visual image produced and shared by tourists themselves, and the causal relationship between the self-visual image, tourist motivation, and revisit intention. The survey was conducted for potential tourists who experienced overseas travels. A total of 338 samples were collected and the data was analyzed using SPSS 25.0 version program. The study results showed that SNS image influences on every subconcept of self-visual images (natural/environment characteristic, amenities/tourist infrastructure, attractions, cultural environment/accessability), and blog image influences on natural/environment characteristic, amenities/tourist infrastructure, and cultural environment/accessability. However commercial advertising has no impact on self-visual images. Also, cultural environment/accessability influence on internal and external tourist motivation. Natural/environment characteristic only influences on internal tourist motivation and amenities/tourist infrastructure influence on external tourist motivation. A detailed practical and theoretical implications are included.