Research Article

[Retracted] Foreign Muslim Workers’ Perspectives of the Basic Needs of Muslim-Friendly Tourist Services: An Empirical Analysis of a Non-Muslim Destination

Table 2

Attributes obtained by Exploratory Factor Analysis.

Eigenvalue/factor loadingVariance explained (%)Cronbach’s alpha

A1 Hotel amenities7.53841.8750.795
 A1-1 Separate wellness facilities such as gyms or swimming pools0.566
 A1-2 Female staff for women and families0.622
 A1-3 Al-Quran, prayer mats, and tasbih (rosary beads) in each room or at the front desk0.558
 A1-4 Beds and toilet positioned so as not to face the direction of Mecca0.630
 A1-5 Muslim toilets to be provided0.567
A2 Hotel dining and banqueting facilities1.7409.6660.521
 A2-1 No alcohol, pork, or similar products to be served0.711
 A2-2 Conservative TV channels and appropriate music0.701
A3 Hotel staff1.0655.9140.660
 A3-1 An appropriate dress code worn by hotel staff0.545
 A3-2 Muslim staff members0.801
A4 Hotel public facilities0.8994.9940.582
 A4-1 No casino or gambling machines0.772
 A4-2 gender-segregated prayer rooms0.528
 A4-3 Built-in wudhu facilities located outside prayer rooms0.488
F1 Halal food symbols and certification0.7784.3230.699
 F1-1 Description of Halal food menu not limited by language0.796
 F1-2 Assurance that food meets the Halal standards being levied by the government0.734
 F1-3 Only Halal food to be served0.731
F2 Halal food restaurants0.7203.9990.760
 F2-1 Halal food is cooked separately from non-Halal food0.661
 F2-2 Certification of Halal food restaurants0.732
 F2-3 Availability of Halal food at the destination0.553

Note. Total variance explained = 70.771%; KMO = 0.915; Bartlett’s test of sphericity = 1776.675 (0.000).