Exploring Tourist Experiences in Kampung Beng Homestay ProgrammeAsia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT) - Tập 3 - Trang 1-20 - 2014
Nur Izwani Abdul Aziz, Fatimah Hassan, Mastura Jaafar
Throughout the course of any tour, the tourist invariably accrues a range of experiences. Such experiences constitute a perpetual flow of thoughts and feelings that occur during moments of consciousness. The outcome of an experience depends on how an individual, in a specific mood and state of mind, reacts to his or her interactions with the destination. Therefore, tourism service providers must k...... hiện toàn bộ
Tourism Education and Regional Integration: Is the European Union (EU) Model Applicable for ASEAN?Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT) - Tập 3 - Trang 1-23 - 2015
Jussi Mustajarvi, Frederic Bouchon
In the current age of globalization, regional alliances have become the norm, strengthening economic, political and social ties. These alliances are also shaping new regional integration and cooperation among member nations. Integration consists of harmonization and standardization of different systems into one. In higher education, this integration has been spearheaded by the European Union (EU) ...... hiện toàn bộ
Online Community Commitment and Member Loyalty: A PLS-based Study to Examine Chinese Travel and Tourismrelated Online CommunitiesAsia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT) - Tập 4 - Trang 1-20 - 2015
Yuan Zhou, Rosmini Omar
While the question of how commitment influences user behavior in online communities has recently attracted considerable research, few studies have empirically evaluated the drivers of online community commitment. Building on a conceptual framework of factors affecting commitment with online communities, this study evaluates the influence of individual psychological attachment and online community ...... hiện toàn bộ
Stakeholders’ Expectations from Tour GuidesAsia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT) - - 2014
Shailja Sharma, Nimit Chowdhary
As tourism becomes more important across the world, so does destination competitiveness with destination managers executing every detail of the services offered, leaving none to chance. In this case, one of the most important roles of a tour guide is to take, lead, and accompany a tourist while visiting an unknown territory. Hence, to a large extent, the quality of tourist experience is dependent ...... hiện toàn bộ
“Otherness” of Ethnic Enclave Attractions in Multicultural Cities: A Study of Chinatown and Little IndiaAsia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT) - Tập 4 - Trang 1-14 - 2015
Sonia Khan
For ages, tourists have been fascinated with “Other” cultures making it a primary reason for international travel. Several destinations around the world are blessed with cultural pluralism and proudly boast of being “multicultural”. These destinations comprise multiethnic migrant communities living in their respective “ethnic enclave” settings in a foreign land. Enclaves enrich the tourism product...... hiện toàn bộ
The Effects of Motivation and Satisfaction on Destination Loyalty at the Thailand -Laos (PDR) BorderAsia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT) - Tập 4 - Trang 1-17 - 2015
Kantimarn Chindaprasert, Paradee Yasothornsrikul, Ranee Esichaikul
Over the past few decades, the influence of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) program and Asian Economic Community (AEC) framework of ASEAN has led to an increasing number of tourists visiting Thailand and Laos (PDR) border sites. Accordingly, the Thailand-Laos (PDR) border destination appears to have a high tourism market potential as it is seen as an important tourist attraction, nationally an...... hiện toàn bộ
Determinants of Customer Experience and Resulting Satisfaction and Revisit Intentions: PLS-SEM Approach towards Malaysian Resort HotelsAsia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT) - Tập 3 - Trang 1-19 - 2014
Faizan Ali, Rosmini Omar
This study aims to assess physical and social environments as determinants of customer experiences with regard to guest satisfaction and intentions to revisit Malaysian resort hotels. It examines a research framework constituting physical and social environment and analyses the results of the survey to test the hypotheses. Questionnaires were distributed to customers of resort hotels at Langkawi, ...... hiện toàn bộ
Sustainability in Higher Education: An Exploratory Investigation of Hospitality Management CoursesAsia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT) - Tập 4 - Trang 1-24 - 2015
Gaurav Chawla, Parikshat Singh Manhas
This paper aims to investigate students’ perceptions about sustainability curricula in hospitality management degree programmes. Sustainability, a prime business concern, is now a prominent agenda in higher education, and also in hotel management courses. The study is located in India and adopts a positivist epistemological position. Quantitative data was collected through structured questionnaire...... hiện toàn bộ
The Contribution of NGOs in General and Skål International Particularly, in Tourism DevelopmentAsia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT) - Tập 4 - Trang 1-13 - 2015
Ruhet Genç
This paper aims to highlight the importance of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), especially the Skål movement for sustainable tourism. NGOs play a role in developing tourism sustainably by taking into account a community’s attachment, engagement and commitment. NGOs play a vital role in tourism management and development. Skål International which was originally established as an European init...... hiện toàn bộ