Tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment Sector in Melaka UNESCO world heritage area

This study examined the perception of government officers and tourism players on tourists’ expenditure pattern in entertainment activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage area. A total of 28 interviewees were interviewed using judgemental sampling technique. Content analysis was used to identify an...

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Main Authors: Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Bachok, Syahriah, Ibrahim, Mansor, Mohamed, Mohd Zin
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Language:English
English
Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/60633/7/60633_Tourism%20Stakeholders%20Perception_scopus.pdf
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author Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Bachok, Syahriah
Ibrahim, Mansor
Mohamed, Mohd Zin
author_facet Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Bachok, Syahriah
Ibrahim, Mansor
Mohamed, Mohd Zin
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description This study examined the perception of government officers and tourism players on tourists’ expenditure pattern in entertainment activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage area. A total of 28 interviewees were interviewed using judgemental sampling technique. Content analysis was used to identify and evaluate the perceptions. Results revealed that 22 interviewees responded positive results on the finding of tourists spent less in entertainment (RM22.50 and below) while six interviewees responded negative response. These findings suggested several courses of action to enhance the cultural and recreational entertainment in the study area to increase the tourists’ expenditure.
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spelling iium-606332021-09-14T11:53:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60633/ Tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment Sector in Melaka UNESCO world heritage area Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Ibrahim, Mansor Mohamed, Mohd Zin G Geography (General) H Social Sciences (General) This study examined the perception of government officers and tourism players on tourists’ expenditure pattern in entertainment activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage area. A total of 28 interviewees were interviewed using judgemental sampling technique. Content analysis was used to identify and evaluate the perceptions. Results revealed that 22 interviewees responded positive results on the finding of tourists spent less in entertainment (RM22.50 and below) while six interviewees responded negative response. These findings suggested several courses of action to enhance the cultural and recreational entertainment in the study area to increase the tourists’ expenditure. American Scientific Publishers 2017-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60633/1/Syakir%20Amir_ASL_2017%20%282%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60633/7/60633_Tourism%20Stakeholders%20Perception_scopus.pdf Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir and Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Bachok, Syahriah and Ibrahim, Mansor and Mohamed, Mohd Zin (2017) Tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment Sector in Melaka UNESCO world heritage area. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (7). pp. 6336-6338. ISSN 1936-6612 E-ISSN 1936-7317 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/asp/asl/2017/00000023/00000007/art00068 10.1166/asl.2017.9264
spellingShingle G Geography (General)
H Social Sciences (General)
Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Bachok, Syahriah
Ibrahim, Mansor
Mohamed, Mohd Zin
Tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment Sector in Melaka UNESCO world heritage area
title Tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment Sector in Melaka UNESCO world heritage area
title_full Tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment Sector in Melaka UNESCO world heritage area
title_fullStr Tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment Sector in Melaka UNESCO world heritage area
title_full_unstemmed Tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment Sector in Melaka UNESCO world heritage area
title_short Tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment Sector in Melaka UNESCO world heritage area
title_sort tourism stakeholders perception on tourists’ expenditure in entertainment sector in melaka unesco world heritage area
topic G Geography (General)
H Social Sciences (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/60633/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60633/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60633/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60633/1/Syakir%20Amir_ASL_2017%20%282%29.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60633/7/60633_Tourism%20Stakeholders%20Perception_scopus.pdf