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Tan, Chuie Hong and Ho, Sin Ban (2014) Tourists, expatriates and international retirees: An empirical evidence from Malaysia. SHS Web of Conferences, 12. pp. 1-8. ISSN 2261-2424

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Abstract

Malaysia relies heavily on tourism industry to spur its economic growth. Parallel to the growth of tourists, Malaysia is also a popular destination for international retiree migration through the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme and expatriates. Hence this study attempts to investigate the relationship between tourists, expatriates and MM2H participants. The pull factors of Malaysia as a destination of tourism, expatriates and international retirees are prevalent, and could be further supported through analysis of the relationship between the three variables. This study employs secondary data from 1998 to 2012. Several methods of analysis are used to analyse the data, such as Unit Root Test, Co-integration Test and Granger Causality Test. The findings show that there is a unidirectional relationship between expatriates and MM2H participants. Public and private sectors need to cooperate to attract more expatriates in order to create the pull of MM2H participants. Meanwhile, tourism development policy must be improved to retain Malaysia as a premier destination for foreigners to work, live and relax.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	4th International Conference on Tourism Research (ICTR); Kota Kinabalu, MALAYSIA; DEC 09-11, 2014; Book Series: SHS Web of Conferences
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H1-99 Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing and Informatics (FCI) Faculty of Management (FOM)
Depositing User:	Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2015 02:08
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2015 02:26
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/6198

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