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Potentials of Promoting Motorhome Tourism among Domestic Tourists in Sri Lanka
(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2021) Perera, L.A.P.C.; Bopage, Y.W.
Motorhome niche expand worldwide, with collaboration of the tourism industry. Motorhome is a blooming concept in Sri Lanka among eight motorhomes parks around the island, like Wilpattu, Dambulla, Passikudha, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya etc. A motorhome is a type of selfdriving recreational vehicle or rental vehicle (RV) which mainly offers an accommodation facility with home feeling even when traveling. This alternative reflects how to overcome the shortage of accommodation facilities at untouched virgin tourist destinations. In consonant with these scenarios, the study is aimed to identify the level of awareness on the Motorhome Tourism concept among domestic tourists in Sri Lanka and to delineate the potentials to promote Motorhome Tourism among domestic tourists’ in Sri Lanka. The study adopted qualitative research methodology align with snowball sampling method. Population is Domestic tourists in Sri Lanka and 20 domestic tourists from Downsouth and Upcountry Sri Lanka used as the sample. Data collection is done through personal interviews and analyzed using Thematic Analysis with 4 sub themes. The study conclude that, Sri Lanka has a true potential in promoting motorhome tourism at the initial stage by giving them a clear knowledge on what Motorhome tourism is. Majority of the motorhome lovers are couples. Moreover, promotion, motivation and development of infrastructural facilities will help for a better performance. To promote motorhome tourism in Sri Lanka, the relevant governmental bodies need to formulate standard and necessary guidelines for service providers.
Romance the Past: Identifying the Impact of Nostalgic Experiences on Revisit Intention of Domestic Tourists (Special Reference to Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka)
(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2021) Perera, L.A.P.C.; Dilshani, J.L.S.
Nostalgia is a past memory, a type of dream about the past or past experiences that have direct connection to the present travel decisions. Nostalgic Tourism is a particular type of authentic travel which focuses on a time sufficiently ongoing to be recollected by individuals who are as yet alive today. Tourists seek emotional comfort from a familiar past, so that they are more likely to prefer tourism products that are reminiscent of past moments. Thereby, individuals desire to purchase tourism products that can arouse their feelings of nostalgia, which will eventually lead them to a strong intention for repurchasing the same tourism product in the future. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between nostalgic experiences and revisit intention of domestic tourists with special reference to Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. The study mainly depends on the primary data that has been collected by through self -administered questionnaires and the convenience sampling method was used as a sampling technique to collect data from the 100 domestic tourists. Quantitative data analytical method was employed in analyzing the data using multiple regression. Findings reflect that nostalgic attributes has the highest impact of revisit intention of tourists Sri Lanka while nostalgic values being the least. Moreover, nostalgic characteristics too play a considerable role in impacting the revisit intention of tourists through nostalgic experiences. Mediating role of nostalgic triggers can be measured in future researches.