Memorable tourism experience of non-muslim tourists towards mosque tourism

Places of worship have been magnets for visitors for hundreds of years. Iconic mosques, churches and cathedrals globally functions as both religious or sacred activities centre as well as being famous attractions. One of the most popular destinations for both Heritage and Islamic tourism are Mosques...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Rafar, Mohd Fariz, Md Sawari, Siti Salwa
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) H10 Societies
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77488/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77488/1/fariz.pdf

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spelling	iium-774882020-01-28T08:16:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77488/ Memorable tourism experience of non-muslim tourists towards mosque tourism Abdul Rafar, Mohd Fariz Md Sawari, Siti Salwa H Social Sciences (General) H10 Societies Places of worship have been magnets for visitors for hundreds of years. Iconic mosques, churches and cathedrals globally functions as both religious or sacred activities centre as well as being famous attractions. One of the most popular destinations for both Heritage and Islamic tourism are Mosques. Mosque Tourism is a branch of both Religious and Heritage Tourism which has attracted both Muslims and Non-Muslims alike. Although research have been conducted on Muslim visitors’ tourism to Islamic holy sites, previous literature is surprisingly silent on the topic of non-Muslim visitors engaging in tourism at Islamic sites. Thus, this study aims to explore the experiences that interests non-Muslim travelers when engaging with Mosque Visits. A total of 2 respondents that are non- Muslim tourists, aged 18 and above and had previously engage in Mosque Tourism were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The data is then analyzed thematically according to the seven domains of Memorable Tourism Experience (MTE) namely hedonism, refreshment, local culture, meaningfulness, knowledge, involvement, and novelty. The result shows that the memorable tourism experience of a non-Muslim tourists when visiting mosques are Novelty, Local culture and Knowledge. This study is significant in gathering information on the important considerations that has to be taken into account by destination managers, particularly Mosques in order to accommodate non-Muslim tourists’ needs and meet their expectations in order to improve the overall tourists experience as well as share more about the Islamic religion. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77488/1/fariz.pdf Abdul Rafar, Mohd Fariz and Md Sawari, Siti Salwa (2019) Memorable tourism experience of non-muslim tourists towards mosque tourism. In: 1st Research Colloquium on Tourism & Hospitality, 17/12/2019, Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, IIUM Pagoh. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) H10 Societies Abdul Rafar, Mohd Fariz Md Sawari, Siti Salwa Memorable tourism experience of non-muslim tourists towards mosque tourism
description	Places of worship have been magnets for visitors for hundreds of years. Iconic mosques, churches and cathedrals globally functions as both religious or sacred activities centre as well as being famous attractions. One of the most popular destinations for both Heritage and Islamic tourism are Mosques. Mosque Tourism is a branch of both Religious and Heritage Tourism which has attracted both Muslims and Non-Muslims alike. Although research have been conducted on Muslim visitors’ tourism to Islamic holy sites, previous literature is surprisingly silent on the topic of non-Muslim visitors engaging in tourism at Islamic sites. Thus, this study aims to explore the experiences that interests non-Muslim travelers when engaging with Mosque Visits. A total of 2 respondents that are non- Muslim tourists, aged 18 and above and had previously engage in Mosque Tourism were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The data is then analyzed thematically according to the seven domains of Memorable Tourism Experience (MTE) namely hedonism, refreshment, local culture, meaningfulness, knowledge, involvement, and novelty. The result shows that the memorable tourism experience of a non-Muslim tourists when visiting mosques are Novelty, Local culture and Knowledge. This study is significant in gathering information on the important considerations that has to be taken into account by destination managers, particularly Mosques in order to accommodate non-Muslim tourists’ needs and meet their expectations in order to improve the overall tourists experience as well as share more about the Islamic religion.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Rafar, Mohd Fariz Md Sawari, Siti Salwa
author_facet	Abdul Rafar, Mohd Fariz Md Sawari, Siti Salwa
author_sort	Abdul Rafar, Mohd Fariz
title	Memorable tourism experience of non-muslim tourists towards mosque tourism
title_short	Memorable tourism experience of non-muslim tourists towards mosque tourism
title_full	Memorable tourism experience of non-muslim tourists towards mosque tourism
title_fullStr	Memorable tourism experience of non-muslim tourists towards mosque tourism
title_full_unstemmed	Memorable tourism experience of non-muslim tourists towards mosque tourism
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publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77488/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77488/1/fariz.pdf
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