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Post COVID-19 Crisis: Muslim Holy Places' Hoteliers Are You Ready to Fully Reopen?

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Conceptual and empirical research that has a solid theoretical foundat…, archaeological, heritage, museum studies and guidance tourism area.

Abstract

Recent studies show the prevalence of ‘fear factor' among religious visitors' use of hotels at Muslim holy places. This study investigates visitors' perceptions of the precautionary measures taken due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Objectives include 1) a critical review of the literature to identify preventive health practices, 2) surveying religious travelers finding their perceptions towards precautionary practices, and 3) developing recommendations about preferred health practices for hoteliers. Constructionism epistemology and an online survey were used utilizing the recent theoretical framework. Purposive and snowballing sampling techniques were adopted. Quantitative methods were used to surveying 390 respondents.  The research found that Muslim travelers showed high intention to visit holy places upon reopening. Significant differences existed among age, gender, number of visits, and the five dimensions of precautionary practices. The research tried to afford a clearer picture about visitors' preferences and their prioritized health practices, which will help in re-building visitor's trust.

DOI

10.21608/ijaf.2021.230768

Keywords

COVID-19, Muslim religious travelers, holy places hotels, holy places dine-in experience, Fear appeal, Hospitality Health practices

Authors

First Name

Yousery

Last Name

Elsayed

MiddleName

Nabil M. K.

Affiliation

Hotel Management Department

Email

yousrynabil@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-0081-1028

First Name

Abuelhassan

Last Name

Abuelhassan

MiddleName

Elshazly

Affiliation

Associate professor

Email

abuelhassanelshazly1980@gmail.com

City

Petaling Jaya

Orcid

0000-0003-3875-7490

First Name

Mahmood

Last Name

Khan

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech

Email

mahmood@vt.edu

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-8761-9364

Volume

7

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

32911

Issue Date

2021-04-01

Receive Date

2022-04-13

Publish Date

2021-04-01

Page Start

42

Page End

69

Print ISSN

2636-4255

Online ISSN

2636-4263

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1,319

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Publication Title

International Academic Journal Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management

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https://ijaf.journals.ekb.eg/

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23 Jan 2023