A Predictive Determinant of Quality of Life among Homestay Program Participants in Malaysia

Abstract

Tourism industry in Malaysia had become very crucial and important in the era of globalization in the 21 st century. In Malaysia, tourism is the second largest contributor to the economy after the manufacturing sector. In 2008, the numbers of tourists recorded 22.05 million and tourism had contributed RM49.6 billion (USD13.4 billion) in revenue. Apart from that the total receipts of RM6.3 million had contributed by the homestay program through 68,416 domestic visitors and 23,117 foreign visitors. Therefore the main objective of this study is to identify the predictive determinant of quality of life, government role and attitude that influenced the general well-being amongst the homestay participant. A total of 306 samples was taken from the Homestay Program participants and the data was processed and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Among the analysis is a reliability test, descriptive and inferential analysis. The growth of the home stay program has provided huge opportunities for the human development. These include positive impact to the rural socioeconomic development, social capital development, as well as increase the quality of life among participants in the homestay program.

Perceptions of authenticity in a Malaysian homestay – A narrative analysis

“…Homestays do have positive implications for local communities (Amin, Mohd Salleh, Muda, & Ibrahim, 2013). However, not all the members of the community benefit from homestay.…”

International tourists’ motivations to choose homestay: Do their socio-demographics have any influence?

“…A substantial body of literature has emerged recently on homestay. They include those that examined homestay tourism from the perspective of host families only (Amin et al., 2013; Brown and Lin, 2010; Engel, 2011; Gu and Wong, 2006; McIntosh et al., 2010; Osman et al., 2008; Richardson, 2004; Sweeney, 2008; Yusnita et al., 2012) and those from the perspective of guests only (Butcher and McGrath, 2004; Gutel, 2005; Hamzah, 2010; Hsu and Lin, 2011, Juveland, 2011; Musa et al., 2010; Seubsamarn, 2009). Some authors have also researched on both host families and guests (Campbell and Xu, 2004; Kayat, 2010; Kerdpermpoon, 2003; McIntosh and Siggs, 2005; Wang, 2007), whereas others studied both host families and coordinators of homestay (Bruederle, 2010; Liu, 2006).…”

Critical Success Factors of Motivation Factors, Entrepreneurial Competencies, and Entrepreneurial Success in Homestay Program in Sabah, Malaysia

“…In fact, there were limited consensus studies in entrepreneurship on the selection of a proper set of measurements for assessing entrepreneurial success, because the definition of entrepreneurial success was very expansive. In Malaysia, previous studies from past literature in tourism fields only examined in community based-tourism [5][6][7][8], sustainable development [9,10] ,community development [11,12] and community perceptions [13,14]. Thus, the studies of entrepreneurship in homestay areas have been extremely limited in terms of the context of entrepreneurial success.…”