Muslim Travelers’ Inconvenient Tourism Experience and Self-Rated Mental Health at a Non-Islamic Country: Exploring Gender and Age Differences

Heesup Han, Soyeun Lee, Antonio Ariza-Montes, Amr Al-Ansi, Beenish Tariq, Alejandro Vega-Muñoz and Su-hyun Park
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Heesup Han: College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwanjin-Gu, Seoul 143-747, Korea
Soyeun Lee: College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwanjin-Gu, Seoul 143-747, Korea
Antonio Ariza-Montes: Social Matters Research Group, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, C/Escritor Castilla Aguayo, 4, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
Amr Al-Ansi: College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwanjin-Gu, Seoul 143-747, Korea
Beenish Tariq: Department of Marketing, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi 75270, Pakistan
Alejandro Vega-Muñoz: Faculty of Business and Administration, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago 7500912, Chile
Su-hyun Park: Department of Hotel & Leisure Management, Pai Chai University, 155-40 Baejae-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35345, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: This research examined international Muslim travelers’ intention formation of a non-Islamic country. Our proposed theoretical framework encompassing inconvenient tourism experience, mental health, hedonic value experience, and satisfaction included a sufficient level of predictive power for intent. These variables played a vital role in increasing intention, whereas an inconvenient tourism experience decreases self-rated mental health and hedonic value. Our result also provided meaningful information that boosting Muslim travelers’ mental health, hedonic experience, and satisfaction is essential for minimizing the effect of the inconvenient tourism experience. In addition, gender and age have been shown to play a moderating role in affecting behavioral intention.

Keywords: muslim travelers; inconvenient tourism experience; self-rated mental health; value from hedonic experience; gender; age; SEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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