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Abstract

Background: In this paper, we examine how social media influencers can influence visit intention, especially in the case of Raffi Ahmad and Nagita Slavina, a top influencer who by 2 September 2021 had reached 21.3 M subscribers on YouTube and 54.9 m followers on Instagram with an engagement rate of 0.42%. The focus of this study is Generation Y or Millennials (born 1981–1996) and Generation Z (born 1997–2012). Design/methodology/approach: Snowball sampling was performed to arrive at a representative group of Millennials. Data analysis was performed using hierarchical likelihood via structural equation modeling. Findings: The study results are helpful for a comprehensive understanding of factors affecting visit intention. Effects of the study results summary, tourists from Generations Y and Z are thriving within the internet of things and the digital age, an era in which information can be accessed via various forms of technology across multiple platforms. Practical implications: We discuss and identify the relative importance of each factor through the use of logistics with variational approximation and structural equation models using hierarchical likelihood. Originality: The technique we use is an integrated and extended version of the structural equation model with hierarchical likelihood estimation and features selection using logistics variational approximation.

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Title
The Impact of Social Media Influencers Raffi Ahmad and Nagita Slavina on Tourism Visit Intentions across Millennials and Zoomers Using a Hierarchical Likelihood Structural Equation Model
Author
Caraka, Rezzy Eko 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Noh, Maengseok 2 ; Lee, Youngjo 3 ; Toharudin, Toni 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Yusra 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tyasti, Avia Enggar 6 ; Royanow, Achlan Fahlevi 7 ; Dimas, Purnama Dewata 7 ; Gio, Prana Ugiana 8 ; Basyuni, Mohammad 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bens Pardamean 10   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Lab Hierarchical Likelihood, Department of Statistics, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; [email protected]; Faculty of Economics and Business, Campus UI Depok, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16426, Indonesia 
 Department of Statistics, Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Busan 608-737, Korea; [email protected] 
 Lab Hierarchical Likelihood, Department of Statistics, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; [email protected] 
 Department of Statistics, Padjadjaran University, Bandung 45363, Indonesia 
 Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi (STIE) Sabang, Banda Aceh 24415, Indonesia; [email protected] 
 International Trade of ASEAN and RRT Region, Polytechnic of APP, DKI Jakarta 12630, Indonesia; [email protected] 
 Tourism Polytechnic of Lombok, Lombok 83521, Indonesia; [email protected] (A.F.R.); [email protected] (D.P.D.) 
 Department of Mathematics, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia; [email protected] 
 Department of Forestry, Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia 
10  Computer Science Department, Bina Nusantara University, DKI Jakarta 11480, Indonesia; [email protected] 
First page
524
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20711050
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2618270860
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.