Sentiment analysis of Chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in Sabah

With the tourism industry's recovery, there is an increased demand for outbound Chinese tourists. With Chinese tourists as an important submarket in Sabah, a better understanding of Chinese tourists' perceptions of destination tourism is crucial for development. In this study, the represen...

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Main Authors: QiQi, Rosazman Hussin, Md Sayed Uddin
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Language:English
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Published: Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) 2024
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42103/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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description With the tourism industry's recovery, there is an increased demand for outbound Chinese tourists. With Chinese tourists as an important submarket in Sabah, a better understanding of Chinese tourists' perceptions of destination tourism is crucial for development. In this study, the representative Tanjung Aru Beach in Sabah was selected as the study case, and the review content was selected through the travellers’ reviews on China's largest travel online platform - Ctrip.com, as the study sample. Through Octopus Collector 8, the text data was analyzed for word frequency, web semantics, and sentiment using the ROST CM6 tool. The results of the study found that most of the Chinese tourists at Tanjung Aru Beach gave satisfactory comments. These positive comments focused mainly on the natural landscape and resources of the beach, the services of the Shangri-La Hotel, the ease of language communication, and the local cuisine. More often than not, Chinese tourists mentioned the beach's sunsets, evening sunsets, flaming clouds, sand, cloud formations, and sea breezes. The study also found that “beach” and “sunset” were the resources that Chinese tourists recognized for the attraction, with the majority of reviews revolving around these two themes. It should be noted that Chinese tourists showed dissatisfaction with the sanitary environment and facilities at Tanjung Aru Beach. The study concludes with recommendations for management.
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spelling ums.eprints-421032024-12-04T07:34:52Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42103/ Sentiment analysis of Chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in Sabah QiQi Rosazman Hussin Md Sayed Uddin G1-922 Geography (General) G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism With the tourism industry's recovery, there is an increased demand for outbound Chinese tourists. With Chinese tourists as an important submarket in Sabah, a better understanding of Chinese tourists' perceptions of destination tourism is crucial for development. In this study, the representative Tanjung Aru Beach in Sabah was selected as the study case, and the review content was selected through the travellers’ reviews on China's largest travel online platform - Ctrip.com, as the study sample. Through Octopus Collector 8, the text data was analyzed for word frequency, web semantics, and sentiment using the ROST CM6 tool. The results of the study found that most of the Chinese tourists at Tanjung Aru Beach gave satisfactory comments. These positive comments focused mainly on the natural landscape and resources of the beach, the services of the Shangri-La Hotel, the ease of language communication, and the local cuisine. More often than not, Chinese tourists mentioned the beach's sunsets, evening sunsets, flaming clouds, sand, cloud formations, and sea breezes. The study also found that “beach” and “sunset” were the resources that Chinese tourists recognized for the attraction, with the majority of reviews revolving around these two themes. It should be noted that Chinese tourists showed dissatisfaction with the sanitary environment and facilities at Tanjung Aru Beach. The study concludes with recommendations for management. Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) 2024 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42103/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42103/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf QiQi and Rosazman Hussin and Md Sayed Uddin (2024) Sentiment analysis of Chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in Sabah. Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), 9. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2504-8562 https://doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v9i7.2937
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Sentiment analysis of Chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in Sabah
title Sentiment analysis of Chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in Sabah
title_full Sentiment analysis of Chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in Sabah
title_fullStr Sentiment analysis of Chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in Sabah
title_full_unstemmed Sentiment analysis of Chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in Sabah
title_short Sentiment analysis of Chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in Sabah
title_sort sentiment analysis of chinese tourists to marine tourism resource in sabah
topic G1-922 Geography (General)
G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
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