TY  - JOUR
T1  - Factors Influencing Perceived Attractiveness of the Ecotourism City
AU - Walean, Ronny H. AU - W. Mandagi, Deske 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
SP  - 1374
EP  - 1378
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2017.1374.1378
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2017.1374.1378
KW  - Tourism attractiveness
KW  -ecotourism city
KW  -distinctive local features
KW  -knowledge and service of the tourism operator
KW  -infrastructure and supporting facilities
KW  -cultural attributes
AB  - The present study identify factors perceived by the respondents affected the attractiveness of the
ecotourism city. Combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches was utilized in this study. Qualitative
approach was used to identify variables and quantitative approach was used to group the variables into factors.
The 55 variables were drawn from in depth interview to 11 respondents followed by survey of 195 tourists.
Exploratory factor analysis with principal factor extraction revealed 4 main factors of attractiveness with 22
remains significant variables. These factors were: distinctive local features, knowledge and service of the
tourism operator, infrastructure and supporting facilities and cultural attributes. The highest variance that
explains the tourism attractiveness is distinctive local features while the least variance is cultural attributes.
ER  -