International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)
ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-8, Issue- 9S2, July 2019
105
Published By:
Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering
& Sciences Publication
Retrieval Number: I10210789S219/19©BEIESP
DOI : 10.35940/ijitee.I1021.0789S219
Abstract: Tourism industry becomes a productive economic
sector in the world. Nowdays, tourism industry in every country
vary and is potentially to developed, especially in Indonesia.
North Sumatera is one of the priority provinces for tourism
development in Indonesia. One of the most popular tourism
destinations in North Sumatera is Samosir Island Lake Toba.
This research aims to analysis the influence of accommodation
and destination in North Sumatera Tourism Industry. The
population of this study is local tourist and international tourists
visiting Tourist Destination in North Sumatera. Sample of this
study is 250 respondents. Data analysis was used by software of
Amos 22 with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results
of study prove that accommodation and destination have
positively and significantly effeted to tourist satisfaction, the
communication and hospitality of human aspect in providing
services to the tourist are more concerned to improve. In terms of
developing human aspect of accommodation and destination in
North Sumatera, tourism industry needs to be focussed on two
aspects, namely: hospitality and communication skill.
Proposed idea in improving the human aspect of the tourism
industry is enchanging the creation of hybrid tourits satisfaction.
Keywords: Communication, Hospitality, Hybrid Tourist
Satisfaction
I. INTRODUCTION
Tourism has been an activity of economics with highest
increase rate in the world. The development of the industry
reaches to approximately 2,57 trillion US in 2017. In fact,
most of countries in the world have a productive asset of
tourism to develop. The competitiveness of Indonesia in the
tourism industry is being improved to 9
th
from 50th in 2018,
but still behind China and Singapore. In addition, UNWTO
recorded that Indonesia is one of 10 countries in the world
most competitive in managing tourism industry (UNWTO,
2018). In catching up growth rate of Indonesia tourism
industry, its need to do development, such ability to generate
the tourism satisfaction. The research of Parasuraman et all
(1985) concluded that the rate of satisfaction is the outcomes
of the comparison between perceived and required services.
Perceived services of tourist are in accordance with the
expected services, they will satisfy (Cronin et al, 2000). The
main factor investigated in evaluating after – sales tourist
destination is the tourist satisfaction (Oliver, 1981; Choi and
Chu, 2001; Petrick, 2002, 2004). North Sumatera is one of
the province, which has a potential tourism industry in
Indonesia. In March 2018, the number of international
tourists‟ visited North Sumatera still relatively low reach
until 4,26% from 2017. The realization of tourism marketing
in North Sumatera is left far behind than other province in
Indonesia. In addition, it can be a driving force for the
growth in other related sectors (Tarmizi, et al, 2016). In the
service industry, quality is a prerequisite to satisfy the
consumers (Wood, 1991). For the tourism industry,
satisfying the tourists is very important, because the
tourist‟s satisfaction is the basis for tourist loyalty and
recommendation to other tourists (Tornow and Wiley,
1991). If the tourism marketers succeed in developing the
high quality tourism services that satisfy the consumers, the
company will gain a competitive advantage for its excellent
services which are very difficult to replicate. An excellent
service is a powerful weapon in the competition. In addition,
it is also a competitive coup for the company (Howcroft,
1991; Berry and Parasuraman, 1991; Bennett and Higgins,
1988).
Traveler satisfaction is strongly affected by the service
quality, perception and experience of tourism destination
they visited. This research is intended to respond to the
developments of the tourism environment in North Sumatera
Province, which has potential tourism industry to grow. The
focus of research is tourists from the international and
national tourists that also become as the respondents.
Furthermore, the tourism industry will be increased by
offering a hybrid tourism services to the customers.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. Tourist Satisfaction
Satisfaction is defined as a pleasurable feeling of
fulfillment resulting from the customer's comparison of
product performance to some pre purchase standard (Oviedo
- García, Vega - Vázquez, Castellanos Verdugo & Reyes -
Guizar, 2014). Baker and Crompton (2000) define tourist
satisfaction as an individual emotional state after
experiencing the trip. Understanding tourist satisfaction is of
extreme importance for the tourism industry, particularly
because of its effect on their future economic (Sadeh,
Asgari, Mousavi, & Sadeh, 2012). Gursoy, Mccleary, and
Lepsito (2007) also acknowledge the value of tourist
satisfaction in determining the success and continued
existence of tourism business. This is mainly because tourist
satisfaction is a clear measure of how well an organizational
product is doing in relation to a set of customer
requirements.
2.2. Tourist Destination and
Tourist Satisfaction
The Influence of Human Aspect of
Accommodation and Destination on
Tourist Satisfaction
Pantas H. Silaban, Arsen Pasaribu, Andri D. K. SIlalahi