scholarly journals Factor Analysis about Indonesian Students’ Motivations to Study in China Based on Push-Pull Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Shuang Yang ◽  
Sheling Ye ◽  
Haiyan Li
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Overseas Students ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Travel Motivations ◽  
Travel Decisions ◽  
Historical Sites ◽  
Travel Decision

Based on the push-pull model, the study is aimed at testing 116 China (Jiangsu Province) overseas students’ travel motivations with the methods of factor analysis，ANOVA analysis, and independent   t -test to explain internal and external factors, which influence overseas students’ travel decision, and further improve overseas students travel market. The results show that leisure and relaxation, togetherness and socialization, and knowledge and culture are top three push factors, while special festivals, historical sites, and financial budgets are top three pull factors. Among sociodemographic factors, gender differences, lengths of visit in China, and main income sources have significant differences in overseas students travel decisions. With “One belt, one road” initiative, travel industries should precisely understand overseas students traveling preferences, explore travelling market layout to balance economic benefits and cultural transmission, and develop overseas students’ traveling destination groups.

Impact of Consumer-Generated Content (CGC) on Travel-Related Decisions

2019 ◽  
pp. 238-250
Author(s):  
Ankush Ambardar ◽  
Himanshu Malik
Keyword(s):  
Travel Decisions ◽  
Travel Decision ◽  
The Impact

While online portals have improved accessibility of resources and information to potential travelers and tourists, there is less existing literature about the impact of consumer-generated content on travel decisions. The chapter has analyzed the factors of motivation for creating, accessing, and using consumer-generated content in order to have a better planned travel decision, which results in a memorable trip. The research resulted in ranking the factors of motivation for creating, accessing, and using consumer-generated content in order to identify the need of today's traveler.

scholarly journals Utilizing Social Media to Encourage Domestic Tourism in Oman

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Badi ◽  
Ali Tarhini ◽  
Salima Al-Sawaei
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Travel Decisions ◽  
Media Channels ◽  
Social Media Technology

Nowadays people use social media in order to create, share or exchange information, pictures or videos in virtual communities and networks. Furthermore, followers can ‘like’, ‘share’ and ‘comment’ on other people’s content or posts. Obviously, social media sites have an influence on the decision-making process, especially in the tourism sector, which has economic benefits for the country; people utilize social media channels in tourism promotional activities in order to encourage and promote domestic tourism. Hence, this Study aims to investigate how to use social media technology in order to encourage and improve domestic tourism in Oman. Data were collected using a self-administrated questionnaire from individuals who are currently using social media sites and have an interest in domestic tourism in Oman. There are three main findings: 1) there are a large number of people who use social media technology to obtain information about different attractive places they wish to visit in Oman, 2) the majority of the respondents claim that negative experiences posted on social media about a particular destination influence their travel decisions, and 3) many of the respondents indicate that the Ministry of Tourism in Oman should utilize more social media tools such as Instagram, Twitter, etc. in order to encourage domestic tourism. This research has implications not only to the Ministry of Tourism to promote domestic tourism in Oman, but also to Omani people and tourists from other countries who visit or like to visit Oman.

scholarly journals Understanding the Performance of Domestic Biodigesters in Bangladesh: A Study from Household Level Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Samira Salam ◽  
Rehena Parveen ◽  
S.M. Nasim Azad ◽  
Md. Abdus Salam
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Cow Dung ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Alternative Energy Source ◽  
The Family

Biogas can be an important alternative energy source for the sustainable development of the energy sector. To understand the performance of the family-size biodigester in Bangladesh, a household level survey on randomly selected 360 biodigester adopters was conducted. It is evident from the study that adoption of biodigester at the household level is economically and environmentally viable. Most of the biodigesters were constructed for single household and production of biogas was sufficient for cooking for single household. About 35% of biodigesters generated surplus gas from which they earned money by selling the surplus gas. About 91% of the biodigesters were feed with cow dung, one of the optimal biogases producing substrates, which has easy access in their own households. The factor analysis suggests that the most important factors to make biodigester economically viable are: capacity of biodigester, availability of substrates, amount of investment for biodigester, and economic benefits derived from biodigester.   

scholarly journals Makna hidup pada mahasiswa rantau: analisis faktor eksploratori skala makna hidup

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Diah Dinar Utami ◽  
Farida Agus Setiawati
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Overseas Students

Pemaknaan hidup pada manusia dapat dihadirkan dari berbagai macam peristiwa, salah satunya adalah masuknya seseorang ke dalam lingkungan baru yang membuat individu memiliki pandangan yang baru ataupun pengalaman yang baru terhadap budaya tersebut. Instrumen pemaknaan hidup yang diuji peneliti mengukur makna hidup yang dihasilkan oleh mahasiswa rantau. Nilai reliabilitas yang dihasilkan oleh instrumen ini terbilang tinggi yaitu 0,924. Hasil analisis faktor eksploratori yang dilakukan oleh peneliti menghasilkan lima komponen penyusun makna hidup yang tersusun dalam 34 item. The meaning in life in humans can be presented from various kinds of events, one of which is the entry of a person into a new environment that makes individuals have new views or new experiences with that culture. The instrument of meaning in life that was tested by researchers measured the meaning in life produced by overseas students. The reliability value produced by this instrument is relatively high at 0.924. The results of the exploratory factor analysis carried out by the researchers produced five components that comprise life meanings arranged in 34 items.

scholarly journals Factors influencing tourist’s satisfaction, loyalty and word of mouth in selection of local foods in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (6) ◽  
pp. 2021-2043
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
Chin-Hong Puah ◽  
Norazirah Ayob ◽  
Syed Ali Raza
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Local Foods ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose Local foods from the perspective of tourism play a significant role to attract tourists. Surprisingly, empirical evidence on food tourism is quite scarce. The purpose of this paper is to develop and investigate a conceptual framework on tourist satisfaction, loyalty and word of mouth (WOM) to select local foods in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a quantitative approach while convenience (non-probability) sampling is used to collect a sample of 286 final responses using a survey-based questionnaire. The study employed exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to stabilize the factor structure. The conceptual model is then tested under the assumptions of structural equation modeling. Findings The findings indicate that food quality, perceived environmental quality, perceived value and service quality has a significant impact on the tourist’s satisfaction. However, interpersonal interaction quality shows an insignificant influence on satisfaction. Moreover, satisfaction has a significant impact on loyalty while loyalty further shows a significant effect on tourist WOM. Overall, the authors found satisfaction and loyalty are the major contributors to the hypothesized model. Practical implications The conceptual framework and study findings will support practitioners and researchers to understand the factors that influence a tourist’s selection of local foods. Additionally, the study provides a useful policy to gain long-term economic benefits for the tourism sector in Pakistan. Originality/value To the authors’ best knowledge, this study is the first attempt to explore WOM behavior in tourism research focusing on the critical role of satisfaction and loyalty. The authors are certain that the findings will contribute significantly to the existing body of knowledge.

scholarly journals Travel motivations of tourists visiting Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peet Van der Merwe ◽  
Melville Saayman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Travel Motivations

The Kruger National Park (KNP) one of the largest conservation areas in South Africa, attracts in excess of one million visitors a year and is regarded as an icon destination in international tourism. Since this park attracts more tourists than any other park in South Africa, the purpose of this article is to determine the reasons (the travel motives) why tourists visit the park. Little research has been done on travel motives to national parks and this was the first of its kind in South Africa. The research was conducted by means of questionnaires. A factor analysis was used to determine the travel motives. Six factors were identified, namely nature, activities, attractions, nostalgia, novelty and escape from routine. Some of these motives were confirmed by similar research in other countries, although the similarities are not significant. This research confirmed that different attractions and destinations fed different travel motives, hence the need for more studies of this nature to be conducted.

scholarly journals “How Come You Are Here?” Considering the Context in Research on Travel Decisions

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Beritelli ◽  
Stephan Reinhold ◽  
Jieqing Luo
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Research ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Destination Marketing ◽  
Travel Choice ◽  
Contextual Understanding ◽  
Travel Decisions ◽  
Travel Decision ◽  
Decision Research

Travel decision research still struggles to explain a large portion of the variance in travel choices. We argue that advances in this domain must originate from a shift in the kinds of questions we ask travelers to understand what triggers their decisions. The proposed shift from “Why did you . . . ?” to “How come . . . ?” changes the emphasis from retrospective sense giving to a contextual understanding of travel choice, focusing in particular on the constellations that produce actual travel behavior. This shift opens research avenues of a new theoretical and methodological nature and has fundamental implications for consumer research as well as destination marketing practices.

scholarly journals Research on the Economic Benefit Evaluation of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Technical Renovation Projects Based on the Improved Factor Analysis and Incremental Method in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang ◽  
Li ◽  
Niu ◽  
Sun
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Combined Heat And Power ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Improve Energy Efficiency ◽  
Incremental Method ◽  
Benefit Evaluation ◽  
The Difference

With the increasingly prominent problems of resources and environment, thermal power enterprises in China are facing more severe challenges. To improve energy efficiency, a great number of thermal power enterprises implement the technical renovation of equipment. However, current methods cannot meet the needs of scientific and effective evaluations. In this context, the internal rate of return (IRR) is used as the main index to evaluate the economic benefits of the technical renovation of combined heat and power (CHP) plants. In order to improve the accuracy of the economic benefit evaluation results, the incremental cash flow is calculated through the incremental method, which is based on the existence and non-existence method, and the improved factor analysis method is utilized to eliminate the influence of price factors from markets that have no direct and definite relationship with the technical renovation. Then, the evaluation method is validated by taking a CHP technical renovation project in B city of China as an example. By comparing with other methods, the results show that the IRRs calculated by different methods are quite different, and the difference between the maximum and the minimum can reach 69.95%. The result of the method proposed in this paper is more reasonable and reliable and can effectively evaluate the economic benefits of CHP technical renovation projects.

scholarly journals Batı Akdeniz Bölgesi'nde Kırsal Kalkınma Yatırımlarını Destekleme Programı'ndan Yararlanan İşletmelerin Destekleme Programını Kullanmalarını Etkileyen Faktörlerin Belirlenmesi

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 786
Author(s):  
Yavuz Taşcıoğlu ◽  
Cengiz Sayın
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Economic Imbalances

With industrialization, change has taken place in the world and development efforts have concentrated in urban areas. This has affected the rural area negatively and the increase in rural development studies has increased with the emergence of interregional economic imbalances. With the planned period, rural development studies in Turkey have increased and strategies, projects and programs have begun to be developed. One of these activities is the Rural Development Investment Support Program (RDISP), which entered into force in 2006. The aim of the program is to increase the level of rural area income, to ensure integration of agricultural production and agricultural industry, to strengthen food safety, to create alternative income sources in the rural area. In this study, it was aimed to determine the attitudes and behaviors of program beneficiaries in the Western Mediterranean Region within the framework of the RDISP applied in Turkey, and the factors affecting their utilization from the program. In the study, a total of 96 enterprises provided interviews based on face to face interviews. In this study, Factor Analysis was applied to determine the factors that affect the preferences of the enterprises and to determine the factors affecting the investments of the enterprises. In the study, 12 variables that were effective in factor analysis in the utilization of this support were combined into 3 factors. These factors have been found to be “support for local support and information about support”, “employment support for support” and “environmental sensitivity for support”.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING INDONESIAN MILLENIALS’ TRAVEL DECISION: A CASE OF BANGKOK

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Farida Komalasari ◽  
Eko Ganiarto
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
Pull Factors ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Travel Motivations ◽  
Travel Decision ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Push Factor

<p>The number of Indonesian millenials visiting Bangkok is increase year by year.  There must be a strong reason, why Indonesian millenials decide to visit Bangkok.  This research aims to find out the factors influencing Indonesian millenials’ travel decision to visit Bangkok.  The push and pull travel motivations theory are used to develop the research framework.  A quantitative research with primary data collected   by using a questionnaire is done.  The data analysis used in this research is linear regression.  There are two models, multiple linear regression and simple linear regression.  A multiple linear regression is used to find out the factors of traveler satisfaction, while a simple linear regression is used to find out the influence of traveler satisfaction toward travel decision.  The result shows that there are five push factors and five pull factors influencing traveler satisfaction, and at the end, traveler satisfaction influences travel decision.  The five push factor are knowledge and culture, friendship, social status, sightseeing, and new experience.  Meanwhile the five pull factors are local values, destinations features, historical values, cultural values, and outdoor attraction.  Relaxation, as a part of push factor, does not influence traveler satisfaction.</p><p>Keywords: Push and Pull Travel Motivations, Traveler Satisfaction, Travel Decision,Indonesian Millenial, Bangkok</p>

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