Tourism in Malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts

As a pluralistic nation, Malaysia consists of diverse ethnic groups of people with various cultures that integrate harmonious and peaceful living in a politically stable and wonderfully rich environmental setting. Due to such unique features, people from abroad become largely attracted to this land...

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Main Authors:	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul, Md. Noon, Hazizan, Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan, Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Partridge Singapore 2016
Subjects:	GE Environmental Sciences HD61 Risk Management HM621 Culture HM706 Social structure HM711 Groups and organizations HM831 Social change
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52605/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52605/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52605/1/BOOK_TOURISM%20IN%20MALAYSIA%202016.pdf

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spelling	iium-526052017-01-12T18:11:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52605/ Tourism in Malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Md. Noon, Hazizan Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura GE Environmental Sciences HD61 Risk Management HM621 Culture HM706 Social structure HM711 Groups and organizations HM831 Social change As a pluralistic nation, Malaysia consists of diverse ethnic groups of people with various cultures that integrate harmonious and peaceful living in a politically stable and wonderfully rich environmental setting. Due to such unique features, people from abroad become largely attracted to this land and thus frequently arrive here as visitors and tourists. There are tremendous amounts of attractions for the visitors and tourists, and people from various backgrounds arrive to stay here temporarily, generating around RM65 billion in foreign earnings, adding to its national coffer every year. Nevertheless, tourism also causes a major negative effect in which the local culture may be assimilated into the alien norms and behaviors through the continuous process of acculturation. Due to day-to-day interactions with the tourists and visitors, many sociocultural impacts have affected local values, which contextually require to be redefined. This book analyzes critically the sociocultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia, having collected both qualitative and quantitative data at the empirical level of investigation. Partridge Singapore 2016 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52605/1/BOOK_TOURISM%20IN%20MALAYSIA%202016.pdf Karim, A.H.M Zehadul and Md. Noon, Hazizan and Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan and Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura (2016) Tourism in Malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts. Partridge Singapore, Singapore. ISBN 978-1-4828-7996-4 http://www.partridgepublishing.com/Singapore/Books/bookdetail.aspx?bookid=BK160189
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spellingShingle	GE Environmental Sciences HD61 Risk Management HM621 Culture HM706 Social structure HM711 Groups and organizations HM831 Social change Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Md. Noon, Hazizan Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Tourism in Malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts
description	As a pluralistic nation, Malaysia consists of diverse ethnic groups of people with various cultures that integrate harmonious and peaceful living in a politically stable and wonderfully rich environmental setting. Due to such unique features, people from abroad become largely attracted to this land and thus frequently arrive here as visitors and tourists. There are tremendous amounts of attractions for the visitors and tourists, and people from various backgrounds arrive to stay here temporarily, generating around RM65 billion in foreign earnings, adding to its national coffer every year. Nevertheless, tourism also causes a major negative effect in which the local culture may be assimilated into the alien norms and behaviors through the continuous process of acculturation. Due to day-to-day interactions with the tourists and visitors, many sociocultural impacts have affected local values, which contextually require to be redefined. This book analyzes critically the sociocultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia, having collected both qualitative and quantitative data at the empirical level of investigation.
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author	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Md. Noon, Hazizan Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura
author_facet	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Md. Noon, Hazizan Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura
author_sort	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
title	Tourism in Malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts
title_short	Tourism in Malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts
title_full	Tourism in Malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts
title_fullStr	Tourism in Malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts
title_full_unstemmed	Tourism in Malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts
title_sort	tourism in malaysia: an empirical study on socio-economic and environmental impacts
publisher	Partridge Singapore
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52605/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52605/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52605/1/BOOK_TOURISM%20IN%20MALAYSIA%202016.pdf
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