‘Unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours

This paper presents the findings of a study which adapts the Travel Need Model established from past literature to gain insights on the three different travel needs which predicted to influence the needs of young travellers towards a package tour namely, travel motives, travel behaviour and travel b...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, A., Izian Idris, *, Mason, C., Sheikh Khairuddin, S. M. H., Abdul Menon, A. S., Shamsudin, M. F., Masri, R., Hasim, M. A.
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Language:English
Published: Hampstead Psychological Associates 2020
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http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1468/1/Idris%20Unpacking%20young%20travellers.pdf
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author Ahmad, A.
Izian Idris, *
Mason, C.
Sheikh Khairuddin, S. M. H.
Abdul Menon, A. S.
Shamsudin, M. F.
Masri, R.
Hasim, M. A.
author_facet Ahmad, A.
Izian Idris, *
Mason, C.
Sheikh Khairuddin, S. M. H.
Abdul Menon, A. S.
Shamsudin, M. F.
Masri, R.
Hasim, M. A.
author_sort Ahmad, A.
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description This paper presents the findings of a study which adapts the Travel Need Model established from past literature to gain insights on the three different travel needs which predicted to influence the needs of young travellers towards a package tour namely, travel motives, travel behaviour and travel barriers. Data were collected from 200 respondents (young travellers) and was quantitatively analyzed using SPSS to see the relationship between the three independent variables against the dependent variable. Surprisingly, the results show that all three different travel needs influenced the attractiveness of package tours. It is concluded that having a better understanding of the travel needs of young travellers will enable tour operators in Malaysia to improve and update their package tours to be more attractive simultaneously attract more young travellers to travel with them. This study could enhance the existing literature and give insights to academician, researchers and tour operators.
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spelling sunway-14682020-10-12T01:41:00Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1468/ ‘Unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours Ahmad, A. Izian Idris, * Mason, C. Sheikh Khairuddin, S. M. H. Abdul Menon, A. S. Shamsudin, M. F. Masri, R. Hasim, M. A. HF Commerce This paper presents the findings of a study which adapts the Travel Need Model established from past literature to gain insights on the three different travel needs which predicted to influence the needs of young travellers towards a package tour namely, travel motives, travel behaviour and travel barriers. Data were collected from 200 respondents (young travellers) and was quantitatively analyzed using SPSS to see the relationship between the three independent variables against the dependent variable. Surprisingly, the results show that all three different travel needs influenced the attractiveness of package tours. It is concluded that having a better understanding of the travel needs of young travellers will enable tour operators in Malaysia to improve and update their package tours to be more attractive simultaneously attract more young travellers to travel with them. This study could enhance the existing literature and give insights to academician, researchers and tour operators. Hampstead Psychological Associates 2020-01-15 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1468/1/Idris%20Unpacking%20young%20travellers.pdf Ahmad, A. and Izian Idris, * and Mason, C. and Sheikh Khairuddin, S. M. H. and Abdul Menon, A. S. and Shamsudin, M. F. and Masri, R. and Hasim, M. A. (2020) ‘Unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24 (6). pp. 1879-1896. ISSN 1475-7192 https://www.psychosocial.com/ 10.37200/IJPR/V24I6/PR260181
spellingShingle HF Commerce
Ahmad, A.
Izian Idris, *
Mason, C.
Sheikh Khairuddin, S. M. H.
Abdul Menon, A. S.
Shamsudin, M. F.
Masri, R.
Hasim, M. A.
‘Unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours
title ‘Unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours
title_full ‘Unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours
title_fullStr ‘Unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours
title_full_unstemmed ‘Unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours
title_short ‘Unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours
title_sort ‘unpacking’ young travellers’ needs to enhance the attractiveness of package tours
topic HF Commerce
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http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1468/1/Idris%20Unpacking%20young%20travellers.pdf