An analysis of tourist’s perceptions toward tourism development: Study of cold desert destination, India

Jangra, Ravinder; Kaushik, Sushmita; Saini, Surjit Singh

doi:10.1016/j.geosus.2021.02.004

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“…With the exponential growth in the number of shopping malls in Doha, this city has emerged as an ideal place to visit. The tourists flow during the summer seasons has increased, and they revisit these mega-malls for shopping (García-Buades et al, 2022;Jangra et al, 2021;Jeong et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2019). This investigation contributes to the literature on consumer behavior and tourists' perceptions of mega-malls in Doha (Wong and Lai, 2021;Zhang et al, 2020).…”

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Mega shopping malls technology-enabled facilities, destination image, tourists’ behavior and revisit intentions: Implications of the SOR theory

Al-Sulaiti

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Mega shopping malls technology-enabled services influence tourists shopping behavior as Jumbo malls offer a broader range of products and services with innovative features that impacts revisit intentions. This study’s novelty is the research on mega shopping malls as literature lacs it. Travel, leisure, and tourism sectors have gained balanced attention, and scholars have contributed with academic research perspectives. Mega malls in modern cities attract tourists that help foster economic development with revisit intentions. Technology-enabled products influence sustainable tourists’ experiences. Despite broad investigative studies on tourists’ experiences, literature shows little regarding tourists’ shopping experiences in mega shopping malls that lead to reviewing tourist destination choices. This narrative research explores how shopping malls attributes influence tourists’ behavioral intentions in mega malls’ shopping environments that satisfy them for revisiting intentions in the future. Doha city is an economic hub that plays a crucial role in the economic and social development of the region. The city lies on the sea and has many mega shopping malls that offer technology-enabled products and services to attract regional and global tourists. It boosts sustainable economic activities, climate change, and environmental protection concerns. The city of Doha oscillates widespread beaches, and its mega shopping malls are famous as tourist attractions for domestic, regional, and global travelers. As an independent and economically affluent country, it has its take on attracting tourists. The study aimed to examine the revisiting behavior of Doha tourists with destination revisit intentions. A pleasant shopping experience in sizeable technology-enabled shopping malls is critical for tourist satisfaction. The trust, perceived value, and environmental effects affect tourists’ revisit intentions. Other factors include high spirits, excitement, new tourist destinations, and visiting friends. External factors include a preference for natural and historical destinations, technology-enabled facilities, infrastructure, safety, affordability, comfort, budget range, and sociocultural factors. The study recommends future inquiries based on factors that empirically test mega malls’ technology-enabled product effects on tourists’ behaviors. The findings not only contribute to tourists’ experiences in mega shopping malls and revisit intention literature but also provide implications’ for officials and policymakers to articulate policies that promote tourists’ mega-mall shopping experiences and destinations.

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Mega shopping malls technology-enabled facilities, destination image, tourists’ behavior and revisit intentions: Implications of the SOR theory

Al-Sulaiti

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…In order to promote tourism, it is very important to understand the value orientation, satisfaction, and future development demands, which can guide the future (Chen et al 2021). Hence, visitors' experience is fundamental for destination image and development (Jangra et al 2021). Based on the visitor evaluation of KHDTK Oelsonbai shown in Fig.…”

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Development Strategies of Oelsonbai Research Center Scientific Tourism in KHDTK Oelsonbai Kupang

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J. Sylva Lestari

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Oelsonbai Research Center is one of the management instruments of Forest Area for Specific Purposes (Kawasan Hutan Dengan Tujuan Khusus) Oelsonbai to help promote research and development results bundled in scientific tourism package. The Oelsonbai Research Center development was still new, so this research aimed to determine development strategies of the Oelsonbai Research Center scientific tourism in forest area for specific purposes Oelsonbai. This research was conducted from June to July 2021. The research methods used were interviews using questionnaires on 33 respondents, field observation, in-depth interviews with the administrators, and Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis. The results indicated that Oelsonbai Research Center could develop into a tourism area. Therefore, strategies to develop the Oelsonbai Research Center are proposed in this research. The proposed strategies are: developing the potential of the area with better quality tourism objects, executing the created forest area and scientific tourism attraction planning, increasing socialization and promotion activities with digital media, increasing collaborative relations between researchers and other researchers and academics in education, research and scientific tourism, involving the community in tourism activities by establishing business institutions such as cooperatives and establishing cooperation with other parties in developing the Oelsonbai Research Center scientific tourism. Keywords: Natural tourism, Oelsonbai Research Center, Scientific tourism, SWOT analysis, Tourism

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“…Tourism, as a global economic and cultural phenomenon, noticeably impacts all pillars of the economy, society, and environment [14,15]. Natural attractions and sociocultural features attract a multitude of tourists every year [16]. Inspired by systems theory, the choice of tourism destinations is a difficult and dynamic process [17] and consists of diverse but organized beneficiaries, each with distinct goals, programs, and preferences [18].…”

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“…In 2006, the United Nations developed a program to manage desert tourism [28]. There are relevant articles published at an international academic level [16,22,24,27,29]. There remain limited studies on desert tourism that have been conducted in Iran [10,12,[30][31][32][33].…”

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Factors Affecting the Lut Desert Tourism in Iran: Developing an Interpretive-Structural Model

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The Lut desert is one of the largest and most attractive deserts in Iran. The value of desert tourism remains unclear for Iran’s economy and has only recently been taken into consideration by the authorities, although its true national and international value remains unclear. This study was aimed at investigating the factors that influence tourism development in the Lut desert. Data collected through the purposive sampling method was analyzed using Interpretive Structural Modeling and the MICMAC Analysis. According to the results, cost-effective travel expenses, security, and safety provided in the desert, together with appropriate media advertising and illustration of the Lut desert (branding) are the leading factors that influence tourism in the Lut desert in Iran. This paper highlighted the importance of desert tourism, especially in this region.

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An analysis of tourist’s perceptions toward tourism development: Study of cold desert destination, India

Cited by 24 publications

References 30 publications

Mega shopping malls technology-enabled facilities, destination image, tourists’ behavior and revisit intentions: Implications of the SOR theory

Mega shopping malls technology-enabled facilities, destination image, tourists’ behavior and revisit intentions: Implications of the SOR theory

Development Strategies of Oelsonbai Research Center Scientific Tourism in KHDTK Oelsonbai Kupang

Factors Affecting the Lut Desert Tourism in Iran: Developing an Interpretive-Structural Model

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