International Research Journal of Business Studies
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2012): April - July 2012

The Effect of Customer Value on Behavioral Intentions in Tourism Industry

Wahyuningsih, Wahyuningsih (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2012

Abstract

Customer value is a recent line of research that is attracting the attention of the marketers. The objective of this study is to investigate tourists’ perceived value and its effect on future behavioral intentions of tourists to revisit. Data have been collected through questionnaires which were supported by in-depth interviews with tourists visiting Togean Islands, one of the most popular tourism destinations in Indonesia. The proposed research model of has been tested using Stuctural Equation Modeling. Results of this study that tourists who perceive higher levels of value will have stronger intentions to revisit the tourism destination and will recommend it to other people. Three main aspects which are needed to be improved to increase the number of tourists to visit Togean Islands are communications, transportations, and cleanliness. This study also provides managerial implications, conclusion, and future research directions.

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jurnalirjbs

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Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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International Research Journal of Business Studies (IRJBS) comprises three constructs. The word “International” refers to our mission to provide readers with relevant fields of study and to involve authors in giving their contributions on an international scale. ”Research Journal” refers to ...