Factors Affecting Tourist’s Decision to Stay at The Sakala Resort Bali

Abstract

This research aims to determine the right strategy based on factors analysis to attract tourists to stay at The Sakala Resort Bali. The problem of this research is to find out the factors attracting tourist to stay at The Sakala Resort Bali and the strategy to improve number of tourists. Sample selection of 91 respondents with probability sampling technique using simple random. Data processing was done by SPSS software version 23.0 for Windows. Analysis techniques used are factor analysis. The results showed that there are five factors affecting the decision of tourists to stay at The Sakala Resort Bali. These factors are branding, guarantee, environment, service quality, and expectation factor. The cumulative of the 5 factors is 64.616% and the accuracy of the model obtained by 43.0% with the residual 57%. The most dominant factor affects the level of customer satisfaction is the branding factor that has the highest total variant consisting of 5 variables such as the hotel name is well known, various room types, hotel has swimming pool & supporting facilities, affordable room rates, competitive room rates, and Information from the website is quite comprehensive. The strategy that can be implemented was based on the variables and each factor.

Recreational Activities Program as a Complimentary to Hotel Guests

“…The millennial generation is a great potential for various industries in the future and the tourism industry as well (Krismasari, et al, 2020). Each department has duties and functions in supporting the smooth running of hotel operations (Prasetia, et al, 2020). Recreational activity products can give consumers a sustainable impression (Yasmin, 2019: 78).…”