Malaysia Environment and Atmosphere with Arab Tourist Loyalty and Satisfaction

  • Authors

    • Alamer Gadah Atiq
    • Zainon Binti Mat Sharif
    2018-11-30
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.35.27394
  • Tourist Attraction, Promotional Activities, Tourist loyalty, Tourists’ satisfaction, Arab Tourist’s.

  • Abstract

    With the persistent development of tourism in Malaysia, tourist loyalty has become a vital topic in tourism studies. Researchers often examine this with little focus on the relations and interaction between tourist loyalty and the factors of tourism satisfaction. This study was conducted to examine the factors influencing Arab tourists’ loyalty towards tourism in Malaysia. Questionnaires were delivered conveniently to 30 Arab tourists at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). From the overall results of this study, it can be concluded that the regression model revealed that the independent variables entered into the regression model were significant predictors of tourist loyalty. The coefficient of destination (R2) showed that about 76.00% of variance in tourist loyalty was explained by the predictor variable.

     

     

     

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    Gadah Atiq, A., & Binti Mat Sharif, Z. (2018). Malaysia Environment and Atmosphere with Arab Tourist Loyalty and Satisfaction. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.35), 917-923. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.35.27394

    Received date: 2019-02-12

    Accepted date: 2019-02-12

    Published date: 2018-11-30