Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone?

Cultural and heritage values in most countries have been recognized as resource of social and economic development. However, due to the post modernization of tourism attractions recently has affected few old and heritage sites. Sense of place is believed as one the factors to support the touri...

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Main Authors: Nik Mohd Aizat Nik Mohd Adib, Syakir Amir Ab Rahman, Shunji Suzuki, Nor Nadiah Najib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17020/
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author Nik Mohd Aizat Nik Mohd Adib,
Syakir Amir Ab Rahman,
Shunji Suzuki,
Nor Nadiah Najib,
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Syakir Amir Ab Rahman,
Shunji Suzuki,
Nor Nadiah Najib,
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description Cultural and heritage values in most countries have been recognized as resource of social and economic development. However, due to the post modernization of tourism attractions recently has affected few old and heritage sites. Sense of place is believed as one the factors to support the tourists’ motivation including revisiting the place. The study aims to assess the tourists’ motivation to revisit and the sense of place in Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone. 445 questionnaire survey were distributed among domestic and international tourists and were analyzed using ANOVA test. The result indicates that sense of place in Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone does not influence the tourists’ motivation to revisit. The study recommends the state government, local authorities and tourism players to enhance and rejuvenate the ambience of the heritage zone, in order to improve the number of tourist’s arrival to Kelantan hence sustaining the local economic.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:170202021-07-11T17:38:04Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17020/ Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone? Nik Mohd Aizat Nik Mohd Adib, Syakir Amir Ab Rahman, Shunji Suzuki, Nor Nadiah Najib, Cultural and heritage values in most countries have been recognized as resource of social and economic development. However, due to the post modernization of tourism attractions recently has affected few old and heritage sites. Sense of place is believed as one the factors to support the tourists’ motivation including revisiting the place. The study aims to assess the tourists’ motivation to revisit and the sense of place in Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone. 445 questionnaire survey were distributed among domestic and international tourists and were analyzed using ANOVA test. The result indicates that sense of place in Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone does not influence the tourists’ motivation to revisit. The study recommends the state government, local authorities and tourism players to enhance and rejuvenate the ambience of the heritage zone, in order to improve the number of tourist’s arrival to Kelantan hence sustaining the local economic. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17020/1/44757-144049-1-SM.pdf Nik Mohd Aizat Nik Mohd Adib, and Syakir Amir Ab Rahman, and Shunji Suzuki, and Nor Nadiah Najib, (2020) Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone? e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 17 (9). pp. 114-125. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/issue/view/1359
spellingShingle Nik Mohd Aizat Nik Mohd Adib,
Syakir Amir Ab Rahman,
Shunji Suzuki,
Nor Nadiah Najib,
Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone?
title Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone?
title_full Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone?
title_fullStr Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone?
title_full_unstemmed Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone?
title_short Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone?
title_sort do tourists really intend to revisit kota bharu cultural heritage zone?
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17020/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17020/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17020/1/44757-144049-1-SM.pdf