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the most influential in attracting potential travellers to specific
destinations (Noypayak, 2015) as cited in (41).
about the festival. A similar study by (38) investigated the
immediate impacts of the quality of destination on tourist
behavioural intentions at countryside tourism spots in
Malaysia. Their study found that the quality of rural tourism
destinations had a major positive effect on tourist satisfaction
which later ominously affected their behavioural intentions.
Furthermore, the findings also revealed that tourists
satisfaction was an essential variable facilitating the influence
of rural destination quality on behavioural intentions.
Deng and Pierskalla (2011) studied on the comparison
between past experiences on the perceived values, overall
satisfaction and destination loyalty for travellers who visit the
place and local people to attend the National Cherry Blossom
Festival (USA). Their research found that a group of visitors
was different from the groups of residents in terms of their
perceived values, overall satisfaction and loyalty objectives.
The study also found that overall satisfaction perceived values
effects mediated in the destination tourists’ loyalty first and
repeatedly group, regardless of past experiences that are
considered quality (1); (38), and travel experiences (14) (45).
With regards to travel experience, (27) argued that
experience is regarded as a single and differentiated construct
since the 1990s. Oxford English Dictionary defines experience
as “An effect or natural event which leaves an impression on
someone”. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist, was the
first person observed the construct of consumer/tourist
experience. He further pronounced how experience can offer a
sense of pleasure and be treasured for a long time and predicted
this as a form of “optimal experience” (Csikszentmihalyi,
1975,1998) as cited in (32). Csikszentmihalyi later used his
understandings of consumer behaviour, claiming “consuming
is a process of exchange for existential or experiential
rewards” (13).
As previously mentioned, there are some attributes that can
affect tourists experience from the destination. This includes
how the destination is managed. It should create a sense of
enjoyment and satisfaction for the visitors. This is really a
crucial factor to attract tourists, so they can experience a
positive travel and can decide to come back one day later. If
they are happy and satisfied, most likely they would also
recommend the place to some other people else (8); (35).
Having reviewed several studies investigating the
relationship between travel experiences, tourist satisfaction
and loyalty purposes (20); (21); (28) it seems that these
researchers had not investigated this relationship in the context
of halal tourism which is actually the main Muslim needs every
day. Most of their studies only scrutinised travel experiences’
influence on tourism loyalty, satisfaction and purpose.
3.5 Characteristics associated with Islamic attributes of
destination
Islamic attributes are significant for Muslims when
choosing their travel destinations (Battour, Ismail, & Battor,
2011). Islamic attributes bring a positive effect on Muslim
tourists satisfaction, the results clearly indicate that Muslim
tourist satisfaction with a halal destination has significant
influence on Muslim tourists’ satisfaction.
According to (Battour, 2014), in Islam, Muslims should
travel to various places so that they can appreciate and thank
for the magnificent and the beauty of God. Based on Quranic
practices, Muslims must be hospitable and generous towards
visitors. For this reason, religion appears to be a very essential
factor to consider when a Muslim makes a decision to travel
overseas (WTM 2016 ). A study by Bazazo et al (2017)
examined Islamic religious attributes among tourists in Jordan
by looking at four dimensions: worship infrastructures, halal
meal, alcohol and gambling free, and Islamic morality. Similar
to this study, Battour et al (2010) examined the impact of
Muslim destination attributes on Muslim tourists’ choice in
Malaysia by using four indicators: worship facilities, halal
meal availability, alcohol consumption and gambling
restriction, and sexual tolerance.
The goal of marketing destinations for Muslim travellers
can be achieved by following Islamic shari'a in the tourism
programs. This study was an effort to unravel which Islamic
attributes of destinations could be employed as a foundation to
tailor Halal tourist programs. This is taking that faith remains
firm for one of the vital factors in the decision-making process
with regard to travel destinations (11). According to (15) , it is
highly necessary to make sure that Islamic religious attributes
are available in those destinations.
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.4 Characteristics associated with tourists’ satisfaction
In the context of tourism industry, many studies show
empirical evidences that tourist satisfaction is a major reason
of their decision to review and endorse the destination to others
(
48); (39); (40); (6); (8); (24); (23); (49). The travellers most
probably revisit the places and are keen positively taking part
in their travelling experiences with friends and family.
Travellers’ happiness with all attributes they get to a
destination also significantly affected their loyalty to the
destination. Some studies revealed that travellers’ fulfilment
are significant on tourist loyalty compared to the destination’s
image. For example, (22), who carried out a study on
Orlando’s theme park, discovered that the destination’s image
was significantly linked to destination loyalty through
satisfaction as a controlling variable. The findings also showed
that destination’s image and satisfaction were essential
variables which affected tourist loyalty at the theme park.
Another study was carried out by (43) in Hainan Island, China
and the findings showed that the destination’s image highly
influenced satisfaction, which subsequently affected Chinese
domestic tourists’ loyalty.
Another study by (1) investigated link between quality,
satisfaction and behavioural intentions in a context of the
festival, revealed that performance’s quality positively
affected satisfaction. However, satisfaction did not completely
mediate the influence of quality on behavioural intentions. In
particular, quality did have a more significant influence on
behavioural intentions compared to satisfaction. This finding
suggests that good performance and motivated participants are
more likely to be more loyal. Loyalty is shown through their
decision of revisiting the places and spreading positive stories
(37) conducted a research project investigating Islamic
attributes such as service quality, destinations’ features,
tourists’ satisfaction, destination loyalty and participants’
demographic variables. In his case, it is used to identify
motivational components that affect Muslim tourists’
satisfaction and revisit intention. Islamic attributes were also
used in endorsing and formulating tactics to improve
Malaysia’s Islamic tourism industry of the in. It was found that
Islamic attributes and service quality correlates highly to
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