Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model

The present study uses the Gravity type approach for panel data spanning from 1998 to 2009 to identify demand and supply factors in the Malaysian tourism industry. The findings reveal that the market size for both destination and source countries, country that share common border and common langua...

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Main Authors:	Siti Shuhada Ahmad Kosnan, Normaz Wana Ismail, Shivee Ranjanee Kaliappan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8096/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8096/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8096/1/5579-13425-1-SM.pdf

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spelling	ukm-80962016-12-14T06:46:12Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8096/ Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model Siti Shuhada Ahmad Kosnan, Normaz Wana Ismail, Shivee Ranjanee Kaliappan, The present study uses the Gravity type approach for panel data spanning from 1998 to 2009 to identify demand and supply factors in the Malaysian tourism industry. The findings reveal that the market size for both destination and source countries, country that share common border and common language with Malaysia are major factors that increases inbound international tourist and thus increase the tourist receiptin Malaysia. On the other hand, shorter distance and lower transportation costs also attract more tourists. The role of the exchange rate and the cost of living are equally important, as the depreciation of the Ringgit Malaysia (RM) and the lower cost of living attract more tourists to Malaysia. Alongside demand factors, the present study also examines supply factors, such as room availability and various components of infrastructure. The number of hotel rooms; quality in road infrastructure; and air transport infrastructure appear to be an important factor among international tourists. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8096/1/5579-13425-1-SM.pdf Siti Shuhada Ahmad Kosnan, and Normaz Wana Ismail, and Shivee Ranjanee Kaliappan, (2013) Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 47 (1). pp. 131-138. ISSN 0127-1962 http://ejournal.ukm.my/jem/index
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description	The present study uses the Gravity type approach for panel data spanning from 1998 to 2009 to identify demand and supply factors in the Malaysian tourism industry. The findings reveal that the market size for both destination and source countries, country that share common border and common language with Malaysia are major factors that increases inbound international tourist and thus increase the tourist receiptin Malaysia. On the other hand, shorter distance and lower transportation costs also attract more tourists. The role of the exchange rate and the cost of living are equally important, as the depreciation of the Ringgit Malaysia (RM) and the lower cost of living attract more tourists to Malaysia. Alongside demand factors, the present study also examines supply factors, such as room availability and various components of infrastructure. The number of hotel rooms; quality in road infrastructure; and air transport infrastructure appear to be an important factor among international tourists.
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author	Siti Shuhada Ahmad Kosnan, Normaz Wana Ismail, Shivee Ranjanee Kaliappan,
spellingShingle	Siti Shuhada Ahmad Kosnan, Normaz Wana Ismail, Shivee Ranjanee Kaliappan, Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model
author_facet	Siti Shuhada Ahmad Kosnan, Normaz Wana Ismail, Shivee Ranjanee Kaliappan,
author_sort	Siti Shuhada Ahmad Kosnan,
title	Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model
title_short	Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model
title_full	Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model
title_fullStr	Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model
title_sort	determinants of international tourism in malaysia: evidence from gravity model
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8096/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8096/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8096/1/5579-13425-1-SM.pdf
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Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model

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