Islamic tourism: An empirical examination of travel motivation and satisfaction in Malaysia

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-20

  Battour, Mohamed ^a,b   Ismail, Mohd Nazari ^b   Battor, Moustafa ^a,c   Awais, Muhammad ^d  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Universiti Utara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Islam; Malaysia; Motivations; Pilgrimage; Religion; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ISLAMISM; RELIGION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84934910406     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2014.965665     Document Type: Article

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