A Marketing Evaluation of Tourism Development in West Sumatera. A Case of Domestic Tourism

Tourism has long been recognized as a fast growing industry and has been noted as possibly the world’s largest industry. The aim of this research is to analyze the effectiveness of West Sumatera tourism development using marketing mix strategy 7Ps (product, price, place, promotion, personnel, physic...

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Main Author: Irwin, Nuzuar
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Published: 2005
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spelling my-uum-etd.12382013-07-24T12:11:03Z A Marketing Evaluation of Tourism Development in West Sumatera. A Case of Domestic Tourism 2005-12-26 Irwin, Nuzuar Sekolah Siswazah Graduate School G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism Tourism has long been recognized as a fast growing industry and has been noted as possibly the world’s largest industry. The aim of this research is to analyze the effectiveness of West Sumatera tourism development using marketing mix strategy 7Ps (product, price, place, promotion, personnel, physical evident, and process) and intention to visit. It is hypothesized that there is a positive relationship between all the marketing mix elements towards intention to visit West Sumatera. A total of 190 usable questionnaires were used in this study. Respondents were asked on their perception of West Sumatera tourism industry. Findings of this study confirmed that product, price, place, promotion and process have a significant impact to tourist (domestic) intention to visit West Sumatera. However, personnel and physical evident have no significant relationship towards the tourist intention to visit West Sumatera. It should be noted that due to the limitation of respondents, the findings could not be generalized as a whole population. 2005-12 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/1238/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/1238/1/IRWIN_NUZUAR.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/1238/2/1.IRWIN_NUZUAR.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic G154.9-155.8 Travel and state
Tourism
spellingShingle G154.9-155.8 Travel and state
Tourism
Irwin, Nuzuar
A Marketing Evaluation of Tourism Development in West Sumatera. A Case of Domestic Tourism
description Tourism has long been recognized as a fast growing industry and has been noted as possibly the world’s largest industry. The aim of this research is to analyze the effectiveness of West Sumatera tourism development using marketing mix strategy 7Ps (product, price, place, promotion, personnel, physical evident, and process) and intention to visit. It is hypothesized that there is a positive relationship between all the marketing mix elements towards intention to visit West Sumatera. A total of 190 usable questionnaires were used in this study. Respondents were asked on their perception of West Sumatera tourism industry. Findings of this study confirmed that product, price, place, promotion and process have a significant impact to tourist (domestic) intention to visit West Sumatera. However, personnel and physical evident have no significant relationship towards the tourist intention to visit West Sumatera. It should be noted that due to the limitation of respondents, the findings could not be generalized as a whole population.
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title A Marketing Evaluation of Tourism Development in West Sumatera. A Case of Domestic Tourism
title_short A Marketing Evaluation of Tourism Development in West Sumatera. A Case of Domestic Tourism
title_full A Marketing Evaluation of Tourism Development in West Sumatera. A Case of Domestic Tourism
title_fullStr A Marketing Evaluation of Tourism Development in West Sumatera. A Case of Domestic Tourism
title_full_unstemmed A Marketing Evaluation of Tourism Development in West Sumatera. A Case of Domestic Tourism
title_sort marketing evaluation of tourism development in west sumatera. a case of domestic tourism
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url https://etd.uum.edu.my/1238/1/IRWIN_NUZUAR.pdf
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