Saudi Journal of Business and Management Studies (SJBMS)
Volume-2 | Issue-04 | 415-423
Original Research Article
Factors Affecting the Selection of Tour Destination in Jordan: An Empirical Analysis
Dr. Khaled Adas, Dr. Saeda Afaneh, Dr. Salim Khanfar
Published : April 30, 2017
Abstract
Although multifaceted problems are causing the frustrating scenario of the country’s tourism sector, Jordan
has the potentials to develop its tourism sector and earn huge foreign currency and generate employment opportunities
like the neighbouring countries, such as The Holy Lands, Egypt and Turkey who attract substantial number of tourists
every year and thus generates huge amount of foreign currencies. The paper looks at different preferences of the tourist
and examines the tour intention in selecting different tour destination. The study utilizes both exploratory and empirical
research approach. The study collects data through interview with a structured self-administered questionnaire from 165
tourists, in utilizing convenient sampling technique. A multiple regression model was estimated to examine the effects of
different factors on the tourists tour intention where nine factors related to different aspects of tourism such as service
quality, natural beauty, known destination, convenient lodging, adventure, security, effective and efficient transportation,
safe and quality food and shopping facility were used as indigenous variables where tour intention was used as
exogenous variable of the model. The regression result shows that Service quality, Natural Beauty, Security and
Shopping Facility are statistically significant indicating 24.6% of the variation in explaining the intention to select a tour
destination in Jordan. The study outlines some policy implications.