Citation: Albaom, M.A.; Sidi, F.;
Jabar, M.A.; Abdullah, R.; Ishak, I.;
Yunikawati, N.A.; Priambodo, M.P.;
Nusari, M.S.; Ali, D.A. The
Moderating Role of Personal
Innovativeness in Tourists’ Intention
to Use Web 3.0 Based on Updated
Information Systems Success Model.
Sustainability 2022, 14, 13935.
https://doi.org/10.3390/
su142113935
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sustainability
Article
The Moderating Role of Personal Innovativeness in Tourists’
Intention to Use Web 3.0 Based on Updated Information
Systems Success Model
Mohammed Abdo Albaom
1
, Fatimah Sidi
1,
* , Marzanah A. Jabar
2
, Rusli Abdullah
2
, Iskandar Ishak
1
,
Nur Anita Yunikawati
3
, Magistyo Purboyo Priambodo
3
, Mohammed Saleh Nusari
4
and Dhakir Abbas Ali
4
1
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra
Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
2
Department of Software Engineering and Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information
Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
3
Faculty of Economic, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang 65145, Indonesia
4
Faculty of Business and Management, Lincoln University College, Petaling Jaya 47301, Malaysia
* Correspondence: fatimah@upm.edu.my
Abstract: Rapid technological development has led to an information explosion in the current Web
environment. Recently, tourists have become reliant on the Internet as a tool to obtain information
about the places they intend to visit. However, due to the overload of information, tourists face many
challenges and difficulties in making the right choice. Despite the promise of Web 3.0’s revolutionary
solutions to address all of Web 2.0’s shortcomings, there is still a significant gap between currently
implemented systems and the useful innovation of future technologies in the tourism industry.
This study proposes a theoretical model to examine the role of personal innovativeness in tourists’
intention to use Web 3.0 based on the DeLone and McLean model. Although many attempts were
made in prior work to address this issue, most of those studies focused on the evolution of Web 3.0
from the technical side and did not investigate it from the theoretical perspective in different domains
in general and tourism in particular. The method of this study was based on a survey questionnaire
with 643 participants. SmartPLS version 3.3.3 was used to analyze the study data. The results of this
study reveal that information quality, system quality, service quality, social influence, and personal
innovativeness had significant effects on tourists’ intention to use Web 3.0, while awareness did not
have a significant effect. This study provides further insights, expands our understanding of the
study topic, and contributes to this growing research area, and the novel research framework can act
as a fundamental theoretical model for future studies in different contexts.
Keywords: Web 3.0; information overload; updated DeLone and McLean information systems
success model; awareness; social influence; personal innovativeness; tourists
1. Introduction
Tourism is one of the world’s largest service businesses and is widely believed to be a
significant driver of economic growth in the global economy. It contributes to the determi-
nation of the foreign currency rate, generates jobs, and benefits both local communities and
tourists [1]. Technological development is a significant determinant of historical advance-
ment. A fundamental driver of innovation is information technology, which provides a
technological infrastructure and facilitates quality enhancement. As a critical component of
the modern tourism sector, service innovation is inevitable. However, there are still numer-
ous flaws in tourism services, which means that innovation has a considerable measure of
practical significance [2].
Tourism was an early adopter of ICT and digital development, resulting in an expan-
sion of the value chain and business-to-consumer relationships. The increasing availability
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