Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism

The purpose of this research is to empirically examine the critical factors that influence international students’ perceptions in the selection of a destination for educational tourism. This research seeks to develop a framework embedded with service quality, destination image and spirituality behav...

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Main Authors:	Osman-Gani, AAhad M., Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Hasliza Hassan, Hassan, Raman, Murali, Latif, Lilisuriani Binti Abdul, Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
Format:	Monograph
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	BV1460 Religious Education
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/71644/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71644/3/RIGS_15-129-0129%20Project-Full_Report.pdf

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spelling	iium-716442019-11-30T15:51:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71644/ Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism Osman-Gani, AAhad M. Mat Daud, Nuraihan Hasliza Hassan, Hassan Raman, Murali Latif, Lilisuriani Binti Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir BV1460 Religious Education The purpose of this research is to empirically examine the critical factors that influence international students’ perceptions in the selection of a destination for educational tourism. This research seeks to develop a framework embedded with service quality, destination image and spirituality behavior. The data were collected by using a self-administered questionnaire to a sample of 220 respondents who were studying at the universities in Peninsular Malaysia. The constructs and items used in the questionnaire were adapted from the previously used validated research instruments identified through literature reviews. This research applied confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to test the proposed hypotheses. The results indicated that there is a significant relationship between service quality and the choice of a destination for educational tourism. This research also identified that destination brand image significantly relates to the selection of a destination for educational tourism when the destination loyalty plays a strong mediation role. Interestingly, the direct relationship between spirituality behavior and selection of destination was not found to be significant. On the other hand, a significant relationship was discovered between spirituality behavior and choice of destination when the tourists’ intention plays as a mediating function. 2019 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71644/3/RIGS_15-129-0129%20Project-Full_Report.pdf Osman-Gani, AAhad M. and Mat Daud, Nuraihan and Hasliza Hassan, Hassan and Raman, Murali and Latif, Lilisuriani Binti Abdul and Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir (2019) Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism. Research Report. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	BV1460 Religious Education Osman-Gani, AAhad M. Mat Daud, Nuraihan Hasliza Hassan, Hassan Raman, Murali Latif, Lilisuriani Binti Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism
description	The purpose of this research is to empirically examine the critical factors that influence international students’ perceptions in the selection of a destination for educational tourism. This research seeks to develop a framework embedded with service quality, destination image and spirituality behavior. The data were collected by using a self-administered questionnaire to a sample of 220 respondents who were studying at the universities in Peninsular Malaysia. The constructs and items used in the questionnaire were adapted from the previously used validated research instruments identified through literature reviews. This research applied confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to test the proposed hypotheses. The results indicated that there is a significant relationship between service quality and the choice of a destination for educational tourism. This research also identified that destination brand image significantly relates to the selection of a destination for educational tourism when the destination loyalty plays a strong mediation role. Interestingly, the direct relationship between spirituality behavior and selection of destination was not found to be significant. On the other hand, a significant relationship was discovered between spirituality behavior and choice of destination when the tourists’ intention plays as a mediating function.
format	Monograph
author	Osman-Gani, AAhad M. Mat Daud, Nuraihan Hasliza Hassan, Hassan Raman, Murali Latif, Lilisuriani Binti Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
author_facet	Osman-Gani, AAhad M. Mat Daud, Nuraihan Hasliza Hassan, Hassan Raman, Murali Latif, Lilisuriani Binti Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
author_sort	Osman-Gani, AAhad M.
title	Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism
title_short	Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism
title_full	Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism
title_fullStr	Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism
title_full_unstemmed	Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism
title_sort	developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism
publishDate	2019
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Developing edutourism satisfaction index: religiosity and spirituality embedded model in the selection of a destination for edutourism

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