Time for Tea: Factors of Service Quality, Memorable Tourism Experience and Loyalty in Sustainable Tea Tourism DestinationShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Sustainability, E-ISSN 2071-1050, Vol. 14, no 21, article id 14327Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Abstract [en]
Underpinned by Script Theory and the S-O-R model, this research enhances the green tourism consumption literature to identify how destination service quality contributes to visitors' memorable experiences and loyalty towards a place-based food tourism attraction. A total of 202 tourists who visited the Best of Highlands tea plantation in Malaysia were surveyed using an online questionnaire. Using PLS-SEM, this study has several notable findings: (i) destination service quality factors: activities, cleanliness, language, and security emerged as predictors of memorable tourism experiences; (ii) memorable tourism experiences strongly predicted destination loyalty; and (iii) memorable tourism experiences mediate the path between destination service quality and destination loyalty. This study therefore provides new insights into both sustainable tea tourism and script theory with respect to how memories guide future decision making. These results also provide insights for tea tourism providers in designing an unforgettable destination that stimulates the tourist's intention to revisit the destination and to communicate it to others.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2022. Vol. 14, no 21, article id 14327
Keywords [en]
tea tourism, destination service quality, memorable tourism experience, destination loyalty, sustainable tourism
National Category
Economics and Business
Research subject
Tourism
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-117812DOI: 10.3390/su142114327ISI: 000883593700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85148287061OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-117812DiVA, id: diva2:1717471
2022-12-082022-12-082023-05-09Bibliographically approved