Tourist arrivals to Muslim countries: is religion important

Tourism is an important source of income for many countries, and religion is one of the factors shown to promote tourist arrivals. An important development in the tourism sector is the expansion of Islamic tourism products. If tourists from Muslim countries prefer to visit other Muslim countries,...

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Main Author: Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
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Language:English
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Published: Cognizant, LLC. 2019
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spelling iium-735942019-12-17T06:58:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73594/ Tourist arrivals to Muslim countries: is religion important Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences (General) Tourism is an important source of income for many countries, and religion is one of the factors shown to promote tourist arrivals. An important development in the tourism sector is the expansion of Islamic tourism products. If tourists from Muslim countries prefer to visit other Muslim countries, then the promotion of Islamic tourism products should focus on Muslim countries. This study uses the bilateral tourism flows gravity model to examine the Muslim country effect: that is, whether the number of tourist arrivals to Muslim countries is higher from Muslim countries than from non-Muslim countries. The analysis involved two steps. First, a least square dummy variables method was used using global level data. Second, the Muslim country effect was examined on the country level using tourist arrivals data for individual Muslim countries. The analysis shows that the Muslim country effect is positive at the global level but varies on the individual country level. Cognizant, LLC. 2019-09-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73594/1/73594_Tourist%20arrivals%20to%20Muslim%20countries.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73594/7/73594_Tourist%20arrivals%20to%20Muslim%20countries_SCOPUS.pdf Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi (2019) Tourist arrivals to Muslim countries: is religion important. Tourism, Culture & Communication, 19 (3). pp. 209-214. E-ISSN 1943-4146 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/cog/tcc/2019/00000019/00000003/art00004;jsessionid=320pf4pegce9a.x-ic-live-03 https://doi.org/10.3727/194341419X15554157596128
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Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
Tourist arrivals to Muslim countries: is religion important
description Tourism is an important source of income for many countries, and religion is one of the factors shown to promote tourist arrivals. An important development in the tourism sector is the expansion of Islamic tourism products. If tourists from Muslim countries prefer to visit other Muslim countries, then the promotion of Islamic tourism products should focus on Muslim countries. This study uses the bilateral tourism flows gravity model to examine the Muslim country effect: that is, whether the number of tourist arrivals to Muslim countries is higher from Muslim countries than from non-Muslim countries. The analysis involved two steps. First, a least square dummy variables method was used using global level data. Second, the Muslim country effect was examined on the country level using tourist arrivals data for individual Muslim countries. The analysis shows that the Muslim country effect is positive at the global level but varies on the individual country level.
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author Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
author_facet Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
author_sort Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
title Tourist arrivals to Muslim countries: is religion important
title_short Tourist arrivals to Muslim countries: is religion important
title_full Tourist arrivals to Muslim countries: is religion important
title_fullStr Tourist arrivals to Muslim countries: is religion important
title_full_unstemmed Tourist arrivals to Muslim countries: is religion important
title_sort tourist arrivals to muslim countries: is religion important
publisher Cognizant, LLC.
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/73594/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73594/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73594/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73594/1/73594_Tourist%20arrivals%20to%20Muslim%20countries.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73594/7/73594_Tourist%20arrivals%20to%20Muslim%20countries_SCOPUS.pdf
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