• Can tourism market diversification mitigate the adverse effects of a blockade on tourism? Evidence from Qatar 

      Yap, Ghialy; Saha, Shrabani; Ndubisi, Nelson O.; Alsowaidi, Saif S.; Saleh, Ali S. ( SAGE , 2022 , Article)
      This study examines the effects of an unfavorable political event or environmental hostility, namely, a blockade affecting international tourist inflows, and how tourism market diversification (TMD) could mitigate the ...
    • Core Tourism Resources and Destination Image for International Tourism 

      Ndubisi, Nelson Oly; Alsowaidi, Saif; Saha, Shrabani; Yap, Ghialy ( ssrn , 2021 , Article)
      This paper examines the effect of core destination resources, namely natural resources, heritage resources and created resources on destination image, and the moderating effects of customer value and destination satisfaction. ...
    • Destination Competitiveness: The Perceptions of Foreign Tourists Visiting Qatar 

      Saleh, Ali Salman; Alsowaidi, Saif; Saha, Shrabani; Yap, Ghialy ( ssrn , 2021 , Article)
      This paper aims to develop an evidence-based integrated model for destination competitiveness and apply it to the case of Qatar, such that it could be used to identify relevant determinants and rank their contributions to ...
    • Does Blockade Deter Inbound Tourism? An Evidence from Qatar 

      Yap, Ghialy; Saha, Shrabani; Saleh, Ali Salman; Ndubisi, Nelson Oly; Alsowaidi, Saif ( ssrn , 2020 , Article)
      While tourism research on Qatar has been growing, the area is still understudied with many untapped research opportunities. This research focuses on the impact of the blockade on international tourist arrivals to Qatar. ...
    • Tourism Competitiveness in Qatar: Tourists’ Perspectives 

      Saleh, Ali Salman; Alsowaidi, Saif; Saha, Shrabani; Yap, Ghialy ( Center for Promoting Ideas , 2021 , Article)
      The aim of this paper is to develop an evidence-based integrated model of destination competitiveness and apply it to the case of Qatar, given that the country has faced a recent blockade and growing competition from ...