Gastronomy as a tourism resource: Profile of the Chinese tourist in Malaysia

The main objective of conducting this research project is to study the factors influence Chinese tourists’ overall satisfaction with Malaysia food experience towards their future behavioral intentions. The factors to be tested included food and dining atmosphere, features of Malaysian food, core foo...

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Main Authors: Tan, Tee Wui, Chong, William Yee Siang
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5122/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5122/1/FYP_gastronomy_(PDF).pdf
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Chong, William Yee Siang
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Chong, William Yee Siang
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description The main objective of conducting this research project is to study the factors influence Chinese tourists’ overall satisfaction with Malaysia food experience towards their future behavioral intentions. The factors to be tested included food and dining atmosphere, features of Malaysian food, core food value, Malaysian food specialty and Malaysian food uniqueness. Regression analysis revealed that “Food and Dining Atmosphere” was significantly predicted Chinese tourists’ overall satisfaction with Malaysia food experience, followed by “Malaysian Food Uniqueness”, “Features of Malaysian Food”, “Core Food Value” and “Malaysian Food Specialty”. In addition, Pearson Correlation analysis revealed that Chinese tourists’ overall satisfaction with Malaysia food experience was significantly predicted their future behavioral intentions. The findings suggested that destination marketers should utilized local food as tourism resources in order to strengthens the notion of repeat visitation and recommendation to savor Malaysian food as Chinese tourists perceived positively from Malaysian food. Practical contributions are discussed, with future research suggested.
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spelling utar-51222023-02-24T17:07:26Z Gastronomy as a tourism resource: Profile of the Chinese tourist in Malaysia Tan, Tee Wui Chong, William Yee Siang HF Commerce The main objective of conducting this research project is to study the factors influence Chinese tourists’ overall satisfaction with Malaysia food experience towards their future behavioral intentions. The factors to be tested included food and dining atmosphere, features of Malaysian food, core food value, Malaysian food specialty and Malaysian food uniqueness. Regression analysis revealed that “Food and Dining Atmosphere” was significantly predicted Chinese tourists’ overall satisfaction with Malaysia food experience, followed by “Malaysian Food Uniqueness”, “Features of Malaysian Food”, “Core Food Value” and “Malaysian Food Specialty”. In addition, Pearson Correlation analysis revealed that Chinese tourists’ overall satisfaction with Malaysia food experience was significantly predicted their future behavioral intentions. The findings suggested that destination marketers should utilized local food as tourism resources in order to strengthens the notion of repeat visitation and recommendation to savor Malaysian food as Chinese tourists perceived positively from Malaysian food. Practical contributions are discussed, with future research suggested. 2018 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5122/1/FYP_gastronomy_(PDF).pdf Tan, Tee Wui and Chong, William Yee Siang (2018) Gastronomy as a tourism resource: Profile of the Chinese tourist in Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5122/
spellingShingle HF Commerce
Tan, Tee Wui
Chong, William Yee Siang
Gastronomy as a tourism resource: Profile of the Chinese tourist in Malaysia
title Gastronomy as a tourism resource: Profile of the Chinese tourist in Malaysia
title_full Gastronomy as a tourism resource: Profile of the Chinese tourist in Malaysia
title_fullStr Gastronomy as a tourism resource: Profile of the Chinese tourist in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Gastronomy as a tourism resource: Profile of the Chinese tourist in Malaysia
title_short Gastronomy as a tourism resource: Profile of the Chinese tourist in Malaysia
title_sort gastronomy as a tourism resource: profile of the chinese tourist in malaysia
topic HF Commerce
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5122/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5122/1/FYP_gastronomy_(PDF).pdf