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Research Article

The mediating role of destination value, tourist satisfaction, and tourist engagement on the relationship between destination image and tourist loyalty in Maluku, Indonesia

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Pages 587-620 | Received 02 May 2019, Accepted 28 Apr 2020, Published online: 08 Nov 2020
 

ABSTRACT

Tourist loyalty became a vital purpose for tourist destinations management. This study aimed to investigate and analyze the tourist loyalty defining factor visiting the beach in Maluku, Indonesia. The relationship between destination image and value, and tourist satisfaction and engagement on loyalty, both directly and indirectly, were discussed in this study. The survey used purposive-sampling methods with 216 domestic tourists and then analyzed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The destination image had no direct effect on tourist engagement and loyalty, but the destination image influenced indirectly by tourist loyalty through destination value and tourist satisfaction. The destination image influenced directly by tourist satisfaction. Tourist satisfaction, engagement, and loyalty had a direct impact on the destination value. Tourist satisfaction and engagement also affected directly on tourist loyalty but not acting as a mediator for the destination images on tourist loyalty.RésuméCette étude avait pour but d’étudier l’effet de l’image de la destination, de la valeur de la destination, de la satisfaction des touristes et de l’engagement des touristes sur la fidélité. La collecte des données a été réalisée à l’aide d’une analyse factorielle confirmatoire (CFA) et de la modélisation par équation structurelle (SEM). L’enquête sur place a été réalisée auprès de 216 touristes nationaux dans les destinations balnéaires de Maluku. Les résultats ont démontré que l’image de la destination n’avait pas d’incidence directe sur l’engagement des touristes ou leur fidélité. Cependant, l’image de la destination a eu une influence indirecte sur la fidélité des touristes grâce à la valeur de la destination et la satisfaction des touristes. La relation entre la satisfaction des touristes, leur engagement et leur fidélité a eu une incidence directe sur la valeur de la destination. La satisfaction et l’engagement des touristes avaient tous deux eu une influence directe sur la fidélité des touristes, mais ils n’ont pas servi de médiateur en ce qui concerne l’influence de l’image de la destination sur la fidélité des touristes. Par conséquent, l’image de la destination avait une influence positive sur les touristes et leur satisfaction.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Maluku Provincial Tourism Office, the Regional Planning and Development Agency of Maluku Province, and all those who have helped and actively participated in this research.

Disclosure statement

All authors agree to publish in this journal and equally contribute to this study. The authors declare to have no competing interests. This paper is not recognized for any publication in another journal and submitted for Journal of Leisure/Loisir only.

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Funding

The authors did not receive any research funding from government, private company, sponsor or/and organization. The research was fully funded by private resources.

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