Assessing how Social Media Influences Tourist Decision-Marketing Concerns in Saudi Arabia Related to Vision 2030

dc.contributor.advisorConyard, Emily
dc.contributor.authorAlbalawi، Ashuq Mohammed
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-10T08:17:26Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionThis dissertation by Ashuq Albalawi (2024) examines how social media influences tourist decision-making in Saudi Arabia, with a particular focus on marketing concerns and alignment with the goals of Vision 2030. The study provides insights into the role of digital platforms in shaping tourism demand and marketing strategies in the Saudi context
dc.description.abstractThe context of the research is the novelty of both social media and tourism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and although “electronic word of mouth (e-WoM)” via social media has an impact in marketing around the world (Bushara et al., 2023), and directly on tourism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Alsheikh, Aziz and Alsheikh, 2021), the extent of that impact is not known. Studies on the role of social media applications (Al-Hazmi, 2021) and marketing (Bahurmuz and Al-Kubaisy, 2022) on tourism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have been completed because it is a growth area (Statista, 2023), but other factors of tourism, such as culture, have been more deeply studied in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Madkhali, 2020; Sudigdo and Khalifa, 2020).
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dc.identifier.citationAlbalawi, A. (2024) Assessing how Social Media Influences Tourist Decision Making Concerns in Saudi Arabia Related to Vision 2030. MSc dissertation. Manchester Metropolitan University.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14154/78138
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSaudi Digital Library
dc.subjectSocial Media
dc.subjectTourist DecisionMaking
dc.subjectMarketing
dc.subjectSaudi Arabia
dc.subjectVision 2030
dc.subjectTourism Development
dc.titleAssessing how Social Media Influences Tourist Decision-Marketing Concerns in Saudi Arabia Related to Vision 2030
dc.typeThesis
sdl.degree.departmentDepartment of Marketing, International Business and Tourism
sdl.degree.disciplineMSc International Tourism and Hospitality Management
sdl.degree.grantorManchester Metropolitan University
sdl.degree.nameMaster of Science

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