Examining relationships between culinary brand equity and travel intention: A case study in Penang

This study aims to examine Penang‘s culinary brand equity and travel intention from domestic and international tourists‘ points of view and studied the relationship between four elements for brand equity including brand image, perceived quality, brand awareness and brand loyalty with culinary trave...

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Main Authors: Thi, Y. C., Ch‘ng, S. Y., See, S. F.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13298/1/16.pdf
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description This study aims to examine Penang‘s culinary brand equity and travel intention from domestic and international tourists‘ points of view and studied the relationship between four elements for brand equity including brand image, perceived quality, brand awareness and brand loyalty with culinary travel intentions in Penang.A survey was conducted at Penang International Airport‘s departure hall from December 2013 to February 2014. A sample of 390 domestic and foreign tourists was obtained using convenience sampling approach.The results indicated that there is a direct positive relationship between brand equity and travel intentions in Penang culinary tourism. Regression analysis revealed that brand image, brand awareness and brand loyalty significantly predicted tourists‘ travel intention. This study suggested that state tourism organization could refer to the culinary brand equity factors to predict tourists‘ travel intention for future marketing promotions.
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spelling uum-132982015-03-08T01:13:59Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13298/ Examining relationships between culinary brand equity and travel intention: A case study in Penang Thi, Y. C. Ch‘ng, S. Y. See, S. F. G Geography (General) This study aims to examine Penang‘s culinary brand equity and travel intention from domestic and international tourists‘ points of view and studied the relationship between four elements for brand equity including brand image, perceived quality, brand awareness and brand loyalty with culinary travel intentions in Penang.A survey was conducted at Penang International Airport‘s departure hall from December 2013 to February 2014. A sample of 390 domestic and foreign tourists was obtained using convenience sampling approach.The results indicated that there is a direct positive relationship between brand equity and travel intentions in Penang culinary tourism. Regression analysis revealed that brand image, brand awareness and brand loyalty significantly predicted tourists‘ travel intention. This study suggested that state tourism organization could refer to the culinary brand equity factors to predict tourists‘ travel intention for future marketing promotions. 2014-11-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13298/1/16.pdf Thi, Y. C. and Ch‘ng, S. Y. and See, S. F. (2014) Examining relationships between culinary brand equity and travel intention: A case study in Penang. In: 2nd Tourism and Hospitality International Conference (THIC 2014), 5-6 November 2014, Langkawi, Malaysia. http://www.thic-uum.com/
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title_fullStr Examining relationships between culinary brand equity and travel intention: A case study in Penang
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