Abstract
Educational Tourism is any type of educational program in which travelers move to another location mainly for the purpose of gaining a learning experience in that location. This research aims to become a contribution to other previous researches conducted in the field of educational tourism to analyze the educational tourism industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain as a basis for its development to attract more international students to study in universities and higher education institutions. The research followed a quantitative methodology by distributing a survey questionnaire to one hundred international students from private universities in the Kingdom. The research adopted the random sampling technique and analyzed the data collected from those surveys statistically using mean, r-value and p-value figures. On the basis of research findings it is recommended that universities should improve their services provided to international students in terms of quality, speed and efficiency and to provide better facilities and more academic qualifications and degrees. Bahrain, in general, should create an educational environment that is strong enough and well-reputed to attract more international students and other universities to establish their campuses in Bahrain
Highlights
One of the main types of tourism is the educational tourism where human beings in ancient times had the drive to gain new knowledge that was essential for their survival
It is expected that educational tourism will expand in coming years as people look for better educational terms in other countries
The present study examined the level and status of educational tourism based on four attributes similar to a study conducted by Al Shwayat (2017) which analyzed international students’ perception towards educational tourism based on tourism attributes which are : facilities, infrastructure, people traits, and cost
Summary
One of the main types of tourism is the educational tourism where human beings in ancient times had the drive to gain new knowledge that was essential for their survival. Educational tourism is known by other names according to its purpose, means, types and processes such as selfactualization experience, career development, educational trips, seminar vacations, skills enhancement, educational cruises, international internships, etc. It started in technical and vocational education institutions and schools where the primary purpose of education tourism at that time was to produce quality personnel and workforce for the industry with the required skills and knowledge. Educational tourism or edu-tourism for short has not been a new term and has gained significant popularity in recent decades and included more undergraduate and postgraduate programs for students from colleges and universities. It is expected that educational tourism will expand in coming years as people look for better educational terms in other countries
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