Tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in Terengganu / Norazlina Rahmat, Norzaidah Ngali and Noralisa Ismail

The implication of food safety on tourism have been reported widely all around the world, but little information related to tourists’ experience in Malaysia can be found. Therefore, this research is carried out to determine tourist’s perception towards hygiene practices among food service establishm...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rahmat, Norazlina, Ngali, Norzaidah, Ismail, Noralisa
Format: Research Reports
Language:English
Published: Research Management Institute (RMI) 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24340/
_version_ 1848805961265840128
author Rahmat, Norazlina
Ngali, Norzaidah
Ismail, Noralisa
author_facet Rahmat, Norazlina
Ngali, Norzaidah
Ismail, Noralisa
author_sort Rahmat, Norazlina
building UiTM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The implication of food safety on tourism have been reported widely all around the world, but little information related to tourists’ experience in Malaysia can be found. Therefore, this research is carried out to determine tourist’s perception towards hygiene practices among food service establishment in Terengganu, Malaysia The data came from 550 self administered questionnaire. The responses to the questionnaire were measured by assigning hygiene perception points to each respondent according to their replies. The findings reveal that food and location were the most important hygiene factor that has been evaluated by the tourist while they dining in at food service establishment in the tourist attraction area. The findings also suggest that tourists’ perception of hygiene in the tourist attraction area around Terengganu was adequate and there was a need for training on the subject for better improvement in future.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T22:19:21Z
format Research Reports
id uitm-24340
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T22:19:21Z
publishDate 2013
publisher Research Management Institute (RMI)
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling uitm-243402019-05-30T01:42:46Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24340/ Tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in Terengganu / Norazlina Rahmat, Norzaidah Ngali and Noralisa Ismail Rahmat, Norazlina Ngali, Norzaidah Ismail, Noralisa Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service Food service Malaysia The implication of food safety on tourism have been reported widely all around the world, but little information related to tourists’ experience in Malaysia can be found. Therefore, this research is carried out to determine tourist’s perception towards hygiene practices among food service establishment in Terengganu, Malaysia The data came from 550 self administered questionnaire. The responses to the questionnaire were measured by assigning hygiene perception points to each respondent according to their replies. The findings reveal that food and location were the most important hygiene factor that has been evaluated by the tourist while they dining in at food service establishment in the tourist attraction area. The findings also suggest that tourists’ perception of hygiene in the tourist attraction area around Terengganu was adequate and there was a need for training on the subject for better improvement in future. Research Management Institute (RMI) 2013 Research Reports NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24340/1/LP_NORAZLINA%20RAHMAT%20RMI%20T%2013_5.pdf Rahmat, Norazlina and Ngali, Norzaidah and Ismail, Noralisa (2013) Tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in Terengganu / Norazlina Rahmat, Norzaidah Ngali and Noralisa Ismail. (2013) [Research Reports] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service
Food service
Malaysia
Rahmat, Norazlina
Ngali, Norzaidah
Ismail, Noralisa
Tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in Terengganu / Norazlina Rahmat, Norzaidah Ngali and Noralisa Ismail
title Tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in Terengganu / Norazlina Rahmat, Norzaidah Ngali and Noralisa Ismail
title_full Tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in Terengganu / Norazlina Rahmat, Norzaidah Ngali and Noralisa Ismail
title_fullStr Tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in Terengganu / Norazlina Rahmat, Norzaidah Ngali and Noralisa Ismail
title_full_unstemmed Tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in Terengganu / Norazlina Rahmat, Norzaidah Ngali and Noralisa Ismail
title_short Tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in Terengganu / Norazlina Rahmat, Norzaidah Ngali and Noralisa Ismail
title_sort tourist perception towards hygiene practices among foodservice establishments in terengganu / norazlina rahmat, norzaidah ngali and noralisa ismail
topic Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service
Food service
Malaysia
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24340/