Local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in Melaka, Malaysia

This study investigated the tourists’ expenditure pattern in Melaka city and its contribution to the local economy. Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) was chosen to model the interaction for domestic and inbound tourists in transportation and shopping sectors and subsequently identif...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir, Bachok, Syahriah, Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016
Subjects:	HD Industries. Land use. Labor
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spelling	iium-521412017-12-26T08:25:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52141/ Local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in Melaka, Malaysia Mohamed Osman, Mariana Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir Bachok, Syahriah Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn HD Industries. Land use. Labor This study investigated the tourists’ expenditure pattern in Melaka city and its contribution to the local economy. Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) was chosen to model the interaction for domestic and inbound tourists in transportation and shopping sectors and subsequently identify the local economic benefits. Results revealed that the tourists exhibited low expenditure levels (RM18.50 and below) in the transportation sector, contributing less benefits to the local economy as most tourists chose to walk. The tourists also demonstrated low levels of expenditure (RM75 and below) in the shopping sector, but contributed to the local economy by shopping in Jonker Street. Elsevier 2016-06-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52141/1/Local%20economic%20benefit%20in%20shopping%20and%20transportation%20%20a%20study%20on%20tourists%20expenditure%20in%20Melaka%20Malaysia.pdf Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir and Bachok, Syahriah and Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn (2016) Local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in Melaka, Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 222. pp. 374-381. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042816302610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.186
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description	This study investigated the tourists’ expenditure pattern in Melaka city and its contribution to the local economy. Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) was chosen to model the interaction for domestic and inbound tourists in transportation and shopping sectors and subsequently identify the local economic benefits. Results revealed that the tourists exhibited low expenditure levels (RM18.50 and below) in the transportation sector, contributing less benefits to the local economy as most tourists chose to walk. The tourists also demonstrated low levels of expenditure (RM75 and below) in the shopping sector, but contributed to the local economy by shopping in Jonker Street.
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author	Mohamed Osman, Mariana Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir Bachok, Syahriah Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn
author_facet	Mohamed Osman, Mariana Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir Bachok, Syahriah Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn
author_sort	Mohamed Osman, Mariana
title	Local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in Melaka, Malaysia
title_short	Local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in Melaka, Malaysia
title_full	Local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in Melaka, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in Melaka, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in Melaka, Malaysia
title_sort	local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in melaka, malaysia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2016
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Local economic benefit in shopping and transportation: a study on tourists’ expenditure in Melaka, Malaysia

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