Tourist Motivation and Perception of Three Favorite Tourist Attractions in Kupang Regency

Study on Baumata Pond, Tablolong Beach and Mount Fatuleu

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210424.016How to use a DOI?

Keywords

motivation, perception, baumata pond, tablolong beach, mount fatuleu

Abstract

The current research focuses on the motivation and perception of tourists towards the three favorite tourist attractions in Kupang Regency, namely the tourist attractions of the Baumata Pond, Tablolong Beach and Mount Fatuleu. This study aims at determining the motivation of tourists visiting, especially to Baumata Pond, Tablolong Beach and Mount Fatuleu, as well as to identify tourists’ perceptions of attractions, amenities, accessibility, and ancillary services. This type of research is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach. To support this research, primary data and secondary data were used, with data collection techniques through observation, interviews, questionnaires, documentation and literature study. The sampling technique used in this study was accidental sampling with a total sample size, (1) Baumata pond with 99 respondents, (2) Tablolong Beach with 99 respondents, (3) Mount Fatuleu with 99 respondents. The findings of this study show that the average tourist has a very high motivation, which includes physical or physiological motivation, cultural motivation, social or interpersonal motivation and fantasy motivation to travel to the three favorite tourist attractions of Kupang Regency. The average tourist also has a very good perception of the 4A components, which includes attractions, facilities, accessibility and ancillary services.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Agustino Lukas Fischer Conterius
AU  - Rio Benedicto Bire
AU  - Asbi Nasar
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/26
TI  - Tourist Motivation and Perception of Three Favorite Tourist Attractions in Kupang Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Social Science (ICAST-SS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 76
EP  - 81
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210424.016
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210424.016
ID  - Conterius2021
ER  -