Rural Tourism Destination Competitiveness of Kubah National Park in Sarawak: Tourists’ Perspective

Abstract

This paper argues that tourism initiatives introduced in

Impact of Supply Components-4As on Tourism Development: Case of Central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

“…Attractions can be any form which fulfil the utility of tourists or visitors at the destination, these included, culture, mountains, community, scenic beauty, gastronomy and many others (Andrianto, and Sugiama, 2016). Dwyer and Kim (2003) indicate the quality of physical attractions are evaluated through identifying the tourists' satisfaction and motivation to visit the destination and its development (Law and Lo, 2016). Camilleri (2018, p. 24) argued that tourists seldom travel to any place just for staying at any particular accommodation facility rather tourists travel to any destination to see the key attractions, enjoy and do the unique experiences so the any particular feature of the destination which motivates a traveller or tourists towards it termed as "attraction" which can include; "natural wonders, man-made attractions, special events, cultural or historic sites, arts and crafts, sport, music or dance, unusual or unique flora and fauna and night life".…”

Factors Influencing The Destination Image Of Kuching Waterfront: A Tourist Perspective

“…Accessibility to the availability of tourists to reach their destination, such as traffic flow, parking facilities, local transport convenience (Chi & Qu, 2008;Law & Lo, 2016). Past studies elucidated that one of the key factors that influences tourists in making travel choices is the importance of quality of accessibility (Chin et al, 2018;Litman, 2003).…”

“…Past studies elucidated that one of the key factors that influences tourists in making travel choices is the importance of quality of accessibility (Chin et al, 2018;Litman, 2003). Good accessibility of the destination is the ability of the destination to provide tourists with the appropriate or varied access to a geographical location and during their visit to a specific attraction within the particular tourism destination (Aguila & Ragot, 2014;Hall, 2004;Law & Lo, 2016). Past study by Kim et al (2016) highlighted that accessibility has an impact on destination image which in turn affects the revisit intention of the tourist.…”

Generation Y and Z Destination Attractiveness Attributes

“…Some of the popular factors consist of core resources, culture, demand conditions, destination management, natural resources, and infrastructure (Crouch, 2011;Dwyer et al, 2004;Gupta & Singh, 2015;Hassan, 2009;Hong, 2009). Some researchers indicated that natural resources and cultural/heritage resources are some of the best resources and destination competitive indicators for attracting tourists (Crouch, 2011;Dwyer et al, 2004;Gupta & Singh, 2015;Hong, 2009;Law & Lo, 2016). Some of the core resources such as shopping, entertainment, and the domestic environment of a destination were not so important for destination competitiveness (Gupta & Singh, 2015;Hong, 2009).…”

“…The sample for most of the past studies on destination attractiveness and competitiveness includes tourists (mostly middle-aged adults) who have visited the specific destinations or both local and national tourists who visited the area. The aforementioned tourists usually respond to questionnaires regarding the destination competitiveness indicators chosen for the study (Cracolici & Nijkamp, 2008;Crouch 2011;Gupta & Singh, 2015;Law & Lo, 2016). Based on previous studies, it could be surmised that there is a critical need to identify the destination attractiveness factors to attract "future" tourists (Generation Y and Z) to destinations.…”