Examining the Effect of Destination Awareness, Destination Image, Tourist Motivation, and Word of Mouth on Tourists’ Intention to Revisit
Advanced Issues in the Economics of Emerging Markets
ISBN: 978-1-78973-578-9, eISBN: 978-1-78973-577-2
Publication date: 9 June 2020
Abstract
This study aims to determine whether destination awareness, destination image, and tourist motivation have a direct or indirect effect on tourists’ intention to revisit, with word of mouth (WOM) as a mediating variable. The study conducted a self-administered questionnaire survey and its target population was the visitors who came to the Batu Secret Zoo. The sample consisted of 170 respondents, who had visited the Batu Secret Zoo in the last six months. A survey research design was used. The measures used in the questionnaire were adapted from previous scales. The research was conducted using a quantitative method.
The findings indicate that destination awareness, destination image, and tourist motivation have a significant effect on tourists’ intention to revisit. This study also analyzed the possible mediating effect of WOM on tourists’ intention to revisit. The results showed that WOM plays a significant mediating role for destination awareness and destination image on tourists’ intention to revisit. These causal relationship variables were consistent with previous findings and conceptualized related studies. Several implications of the findings are discussed later.
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Citation
Junaedi, S. and Harjanto, J. (2020), "Examining the Effect of Destination Awareness, Destination Image, Tourist Motivation, and Word of Mouth on Tourists’ Intention to Revisit", Barnett, W.A. and Sergi, B.S. (Ed.) Advanced Issues in the Economics of Emerging Markets (International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics, Vol. 27), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-038620200000027003
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