The Impact of Marketing Communication and Islamic Financial Literacy on Islamic Financial Inclusion and MSMEs Performance: Evidence from Halal Tourism in Indonesia
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear authors,
Thank you for the opportunity to review your manuscript.
I have several recommendations for you:
1. Depersonalize your research completely. Do not use "we" at all.
2. Follow the reference formatting guidelines outlined in the journal Sustainability template in detail.
3. Introduction: Set the structure of the manuscript at the end of this chapter.
4. Literature review: Sum up the literature review at the end.
5. Introduction, literature review, or discussion: I think it might be a good idea to add these sources from emerging markets to your manuscript as well.
Vasanicova, P., Jencova, S., Gavurova, B., & Bacik, R. (2021). Factors influencing business environment within travel and tourism competitiveness. Economics and Sociology, 14(4), 268-282. https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2021/14-4/15
Vasanicova, P., Jencova, S., Gavurova, B., & Bacik, R. (2022). Coopetition of European Union Countries within Destination Management. Journal of Tourism and Services, 13(24), 71–89. https://doi.org/10.29036/jots.v13i24.368
Musa, H., Natorin, V., Musova, Z., & Durana, P. (2020). Comparison of the efficiency measurement of the conventional and Islamic banks. Oeconomia Copernicana, 11(1), 29–58. https://doi.org/10.24136/oc.2020.002
Musa, H., Musova, Z., Natorin, V., Lazaroiu, G., & Boda, M. (2021). Comparison of factors influencing liquidity of European Islamic and conventional banks. Oeconomia Copernicana, 12(2), 375–398. https://doi.org/10.24136/oc.2021.013
6. Methods: You did not specify the list of methodological steps used to replicate the study. Describe the method's advantages and disadvantages based on relevant, similar studies.
7. Discussion: at the end, summarize the discussion.
8. Conclusions: The limitations and future directions the research are also missing.
I hope my comments will be useful for your future work.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you for all of your comments and we have revised base on your suggestion.
All of our response as attached
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Reviewer 2 Report
It is an interesting subject and original approach regarding sustainable halal tourism necessitates.
The authors have to check the correspondence between the references in text and final bibliography - for example Badulescu et al - line 517.
Also the authors mus be consistent in references - for example lines 341-346 - it is specified the authors and the year of publication.
The table no 3 - descriptive statistic - the data for X2 and X3 has to be verified.
The subchapter no.4.2 SEM evaluation require a more comprehensive approach.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you for all of your comments and we have revised base on your suggestion.
All of our response as attached
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Reviewer 3 Report
- Advantages and benefits of the proposed approach should be given in detail. Also, the research gaps and the novelty of this study is not clear.
- The characteristics of current research should be highlighted in the comparative table of literature review from both aspects of theoretical and application.
- Generally, real data are tainted by uncertainty. The authors should discuss the proposed approach under data uncertainty.
- The authors should discuss on the limitations of the study. Also, the authors should discuss on the generalization of the results of the study.
- The authors should compare their results and proposed approach with popular approaches in literature.
- Some future research directions should be suggested at the end of manuscript.
Minor editing of English language required. Also, the paper should be re-edited to fix its errors in both punctuation and grammar.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you for all of your comments and we have revised base on your suggestion.
All of our response as attached
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Reviewer 4 Report
The topic analyzed is a current and impactful one. It can be observed the use of qualitative and quantitative analysis, the results showing the influences between the indicators. Tourism is one of the leading wheels of a country s economy, and several countries rely only on tourism to fuel their economy.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for your appreciation.
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear authors,
Thank you for your effort and for following my recommendations. My major recommendations have been met, and I am satisfied with the correction. I still have one minor recommendation to mention.
1. Follow the reference formatting guidelines outlined in the journal Sustainability template in detail.
After this correction, I am recommending publishing the article.
Good luck in your future research.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer
Thank you very much for your good comment dan recommendation
We also have revised as your suggestion
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Reviewer 3 Report
Unfortunately, my comments have not been addressed:
- The characteristics of current research should be highlighted in the comparative table of literature review from both aspects of theoretical and application. In other words, a comprehensive literature review as well as research gaps should be summarized in in the comparative table.
- Generally, real data are tainted by uncertainty. The authors should discuss the proposed approach under data uncertainty.
- The authors should compare their results and proposed approach with popular approaches in literature.
Minor editing of English language required.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer
Thank you very much for your suggestion and we have revised as your suggestion
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 3
Reviewer 3 Report
Accept in present form.
Minor editing of English language required.
