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标题：The Factors of Selecting Malaysia as Tourist Destination
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作者：A S A Ferdous Alam ; A C Er ; Halima Begum 等
期刊名称：Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2039-2117
出版年度：2015
卷号：6
期号：3 S1
页码：491-498
DOI：10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p491
出版社：Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER)
摘要：Tourism is an emerging economic sector for Malaysia. The purpose of this study is an attempt to understand the factors that attract tourists to visit Melaka State of Malaysia. The primary data were collected through questionnaire survey on 735 tourists who visited the state of Melaka, Malaysia. This study used descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modelling (SEM) in order to analyze and draw the inferences. Model fit was initially tested using the overall fit and regression paths. Then the hypothesized model was analysed and modified based on the results of the analysis to find a better fit of the data and to more adequately describe the relationships between the factors. The study found that several economic, environmental, cultural and community factors have positive significant influence in attracting tourists to Melaka.
关键词：Tourist attraction; structural equation modelling (SEM); Malaysia