Journal of Economics, Business, & Accountancy Ventura
Vol 23, No 2 (2020): August - November 2020

Profiling Indonesian Medical Tourists: A Motivation-Based Segmentation Study

Jeanny Angela (Faculty of Business and Economics Petra Christian University Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia)
Ivan Budi Suryono (Faculty of Business and Economics Petra Christian University Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia)
Serli Wijaya (Faculty Business and Economics Petra Christian University Surabaya Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Nov 2020

Abstract

In the past few decades, the number of Indonesians who travel abroad for medicaltourism has increased dramatically. A literature review has indicated that researchinvestigating the underlying motivational factors for Indonesians to travel overseasfor medical treatment is still a few. Therefore, this study aimed to segment theIndonesian medical tourists based on push and pull travel motivation constructs.Exploratory factor analysis and cluster analysis techniques were applied to analyzethe data. A survey was completed to 192 Indonesians who have had a medical travel experience overseas. The results of this study revealed four push motivational factors and three pull motivational factors. Based on this push and pull factors, three different medical tourist segments were identified: trendy, prudent, and opportunistic segments. The emergence of these three segments would require different approaches and strategies for tourism stakeholders to serve each segment better.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jebav

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Journal of Economics, Business and Accountancy (JEBAV) addresses economics, business, banking, management and accounting issues that are new developments in business excellence and best practices, and methodologies to determine these in manufacturing and financial service organisations. It considers ...