THE EFFECT OF THE SATISFACTION OF ACTIVITIES PRIOR AND AFTER TRAVEL EPISODES, AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE ON TRAVEL SATISFACTION

Travelling is a necessity for people in general to fulfil their needs, desires, or
to participate in an activity that must be conducted in a specific location. Whenever an
individual travels, there is an expectation that is set upon the traveller on the trip in
which he or she wishes to fulfil. This can be defined as travel satisfaction and measures
the overall level of fulfilment with the traveller’s expectation. Utilizing the 2017
Bandung Metropolitan Area (BMA) dataset, this study aims to expand the research on
travel satisfaction in the context of time-space approach in greater detail through the
usage of bivariate analysis. This paper will investigate the bivariate analysis of socioeconomic factors, travel parameters and geographical factors to travel satisfaction, as
well as determining the bivariate analysis of the effect of the satisfaction of activities
conduction prior and after the travel episode, and the effect of the involvement of other
person on an individual’s travel satisfaction