The college student travel market: exploring the key factors influencing higher education Arab students' travel decisions

Alsawafi, Abdulaziz Mohammed; Almuhrzi, Hamed

doi:10.1504/ijltm.2022.122460

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“…Research on university student travel accommodation has been sparse. One study on the topic by Alsawafi and Almuhrzi (2022) identified reputation and quality as the primary factors influencing Arab college students' accommodation choices during travel.…”

Section: Pre-covid-19 Pandemic Accommodation Choices Of Young Touristsmentioning

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Exploring the Key Attributes Influencing University Students’ Domestic Accommodation Choice: A RIDIT Analysis

Lee,

Ho,

Huang

2024

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This study aims to provide an understanding of the preferences of student tourists regarding service attributes related to domestic accommodation. To clarify how lodging firms formulate policies for the student travel market, a “Relative to an Identified Distribution” (RIDIT) analysis in which responses are treated as ordinal data instead of equally spaced data is performed to examine the Likert-scale data obtained from 296 university students in Taiwan. In our RIDIT analytical results, respondents’ preferences are sorted in a descending importance. Of the examined attributes, “Cleanliness of rooms” is the attribute most prioritized by the students, followed by “Located in a safe neighborhood/feeling safe in the room,” and “Close to scenic area for meeting the trip requirement.” The attribute least prioritized by the students is “Interaction with other guests.” This analysis provides conclusions that differ from those obtained through commonly used techniques including the arithmetic average and exploratory factor analysis. The preference rankings indicate that managers should focus on the most prioritized service attributes and implement the necessary measures to enhance their service quality and maximize customer satisfaction.

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Section: Pre-covid-19 Pandemic Accommodation Choices Of Young Touristsmentioning

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Exploring the Key Attributes Influencing University Students’ Domestic Accommodation Choice: A RIDIT Analysis

Lee,

Ho,

Huang

2024

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An investigation of factors affecting solo travel intention among marginalized groups: a case of Indian Muslim Women

Sujood

Siddiqui

Bano

2023

Tourism Recreation Research

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Examining the moderating role of travel motivation in the process of negotiating travel constraints to travel alone of Indonesian muslim female travelers

Nguyen,

Luong

2024

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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The number of Asian female solo travelers, especially in the Muslim women travel market, has increased significantly due to the changes in social structures and women empowerment. However, Muslim women face unique travel constraints related to gender, social responsibilities, cultural norms, and religious practices, which need to be negotiated when attempting to travel alone. This constraint negotiation process of Muslim women should gain more attention in tourism literature. Thus, the study aims to examine the relationships between travel constraints, negotiation strategies, motivation, and intention to travel alone among Indonesian Muslim women. The structured survey was distributed, and 484 valid responses were collected. The data were then analyzed to test the proposed hypotheses. The results confirm the significant effects of travel constraints on negotiation and travel intention. The moderating roles of travel motivation in the constraint negotiation model are partly supported. The finding of this paper provides insights into the perspectives and travel behavior of Indonesian Muslim women. The results may lack generalizability but offer an opportunity for future studies to further explore the relationships between the proposed constructs. Practically, providers of tourism services should create suitable offerings to meet the distinct requirements of female Muslim travelers.

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The college student travel market: exploring the key factors influencing higher education Arab students' travel decisions

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Exploring the Key Attributes Influencing University Students’ Domestic Accommodation Choice: A RIDIT Analysis

Exploring the Key Attributes Influencing University Students’ Domestic Accommodation Choice: A RIDIT Analysis

An investigation of factors affecting solo travel intention among marginalized groups: a case of Indian Muslim Women

Examining the moderating role of travel motivation in the process of negotiating travel constraints to travel alone of Indonesian muslim female travelers

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