Cover Image

International tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia: An empirical analysis

In line with the Malaysia Tourism Transformation Plan 2020, this study attempts to investigate the determinants of tourism demand in Malaysia by tourists from China. Based on monthly time series data (1995 to 2013), the study employed co-integration and error correction technique in examining the de...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nasir, N.S. M., Kadir, N., Nayan, Sabri
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
G Geography (General)
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/13314/1/32.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/13314/
http://www.thic-uum.com/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.uum.repo.13314
record_format eprints
spelling my.uum.repo.133142015-03-08T03:36:43Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/13314/ International tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia: An empirical analysis Nasir, N.S. M. Kadir, N. Nayan, Sabri G Geography (General) In line with the Malaysia Tourism Transformation Plan 2020, this study attempts to investigate the determinants of tourism demand in Malaysia by tourists from China. Based on monthly time series data (1995 to 2013), the study employed co-integration and error correction technique in examining the determinants of tourism demand in Malaysia by tourists from China.The findings reveal that income is significant in determining international tourist arrivals from China.As for the alternative destination, the result shows that Thailand is a substitute destination whereas Singapore is a complement destination for Malaysia. Therefore, increase in the prices of tourism in Thailand will increase tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia while a decrease in the prices of tourism in Singapore will increase tourists‘ arrivals from China to Malaysia. 2014-11-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/13314/1/32.pdf Nasir, N.S. M. and Kadir, N. and Nayan, Sabri (2014) International tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia: An empirical analysis. In: 2nd Tourism and Hospitality International Conference (THIC 2014), 5-6 November 2014, Langkawi, Malaysia. http://www.thic-uum.com/
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
building UUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Utara Malaysia
content_source UUM Institutionali Repository
url_provider http://repo.uum.edu.my/
language English
topic G Geography (General)
spellingShingle G Geography (General)
Nasir, N.S. M.
Kadir, N.
Nayan, Sabri
International tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia: An empirical analysis
description In line with the Malaysia Tourism Transformation Plan 2020, this study attempts to investigate the determinants of tourism demand in Malaysia by tourists from China. Based on monthly time series data (1995 to 2013), the study employed co-integration and error correction technique in examining the determinants of tourism demand in Malaysia by tourists from China.The findings reveal that income is significant in determining international tourist arrivals from China.As for the alternative destination, the result shows that Thailand is a substitute destination whereas Singapore is a complement destination for Malaysia. Therefore, increase in the prices of tourism in Thailand will increase tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia while a decrease in the prices of tourism in Singapore will increase tourists‘ arrivals from China to Malaysia.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Nasir, N.S. M.
Kadir, N.
Nayan, Sabri
author_facet Nasir, N.S. M.
Kadir, N.
Nayan, Sabri
author_sort Nasir, N.S. M.
title International tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia: An empirical analysis
title_short International tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia: An empirical analysis
title_full International tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia: An empirical analysis
title_fullStr International tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia: An empirical analysis
title_full_unstemmed International tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia: An empirical analysis
title_sort international tourist arrivals from china to malaysia: an empirical analysis
publishDate 2014
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/13314/1/32.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/13314/
http://www.thic-uum.com/
_version_ 1644281150360780800
score 13.211869

Similar Items