Influence of travel motivation aspects on destination loyalty of domestic tourists’ visiting Coast region, Kenya
Date
2022Author
Wang’ombe, Lawrence
Njoroge, Dr. Joseph
Agufana, Dr. Peace
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Despite the marginal growth recorded in the tourism sector in Kenya, the domestic visits and estimates fall
far below targets and expectations due to a number of reasons affecting tourism demand at this level. The specific
objective was to; examine the influence of socio-psychological and destination attributes on destination loyalty
among domestic tourists in Kenya with an intention of providing prerequisite information on travel experiences and
needs as per the study constructs. Simple random sampling technique was adopted for domestic tourists while data
was collected using structured questionnaires. Data analysis carried out using various techniques such as; descriptive
and inferential statistical techniques comprising t-test and simple linear regressions were used to examine the
significance of the relationships between study variables. In this study, 400 questionnaires were distributed to
domestic tourists, while the return rate was 92.7%. From the regression coefficients, results the socio-psychological
factors and destination attributes were all significant predictors of destination loyalty at 5% level of significance
since the p value was less than 0.0001. The model summary results indicated, R-square = 0.442, implying that sociopsychological and destination attributes factors explains 44.2% of destination loyalty. The null hypothesis was tested
and rejected since the results indicated that socio-psychological factors and destination attributes have a significant
influence on destination loyalty. It is evident from these findings that the socio-psychological aspects are more
predominant when compared with destination attributes. Since, destination attributes and socio-psychological
factors explain 44.2% of destination loyalty, 55.8% of the variation is still unexplained, thus the study recommends
further study be conducted aimed at establishing other factors influencing destination loyalty.
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