THE APPLICATION OF TPB ON INBOUND MUSLIM TRAVELLERS’ REVISIT INTENTION TO MALAYSIA

Authors

  • Intan Shafina Suid Mdm.
  • Dr. Nor Ashikin Binti Mohd Nor Phd
  • Dr. Hamimi Binti Omar Phd

Abstract

 

International tourism including Muslim tourism segment shows incredible growth year by year. Thus, it is not surprising when repeat visitation in the Muslim tourism segment is fast becoming the focus of destination marketers. However, the antecedents of Muslim travellers repeat behaviour are still vague. On the other hand, although revisit intention is considered as a valuable concept in predicting future revisit behaviour, studies on Muslim travellers in this area are still limited compared to other travellers. As religious facet represents one of the important factors in the decision-making process concerning travel destination, it is crucial to highlight the importance of Islamic attributes’ influence on Muslim travellers behaviour. Further, this paper also will propose a framework based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour to study the antecedent of inbound Muslim travellers’ revisit intention to Malaysia as it will become an indicator for their actual revisit behaviour. Consequently, a research is proposed on how Muslim travellers’ attitude towards Islamic attribute of destination, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control influence their repeat visit in Malaysia. The finding(s) will provide valuable information for Malaysian tourism marketing and planning organisations to implement effective marketing strategies and develop tourism products that will encourage Muslim travellers’ revisit.

 

Keywords: Muslim Travellers, Islamic Attributes of Destination, Revisit intention, Theory of Planned Behavior.

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