Protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: Malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services)

The realisation of the importance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has led governments around the world to protect these resources in order to promote tourism. Malaysia, in this respect, is not exceptional. Having ratified the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural He...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha, Nublan Zaky, Sharafina Zaky
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53083/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53083/1/EITOC-2016%20complete.pdf

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spelling	iium-530832018-03-09T03:34:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53083/ Protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: Malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services) Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha Nublan Zaky, Sharafina Zaky KPG Malaysia The realisation of the importance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has led governments around the world to protect these resources in order to promote tourism. Malaysia, in this respect, is not exceptional. Having ratified the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013, Malaysia is bound to identify and define the various elements of the ICH present in its territory and ensure its protection. It is the purpose of the paper to discuss the available protection for ICH that could be developed further to attract tourists. In particular, the paper seeks to examine the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the existing heritage laws in Malaysia. The existing laws refer to the National Heritage Act 2005 as well as the States’ heritage enactments that provide for the preservation of cultural heritage resources at both federal and state levels. The problems to be addressed include, inter alia, lack of proper understanding on the nature of ICH and narrow interpretations and scope of ICH. This paper concludes with some recommendations for legislative reform to better protect ICH and ensure the rapid development of tourism in Malaysia. 2016-05 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53083/1/EITOC-2016%20complete.pdf Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha and Nublan Zaky, Sharafina Zaky (2016) Protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: Malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services). In: EURASIA International Tourism Congress, 5-7 May 2016, Konya Turkey. (Unpublished)
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description	The realisation of the importance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has led governments around the world to protect these resources in order to promote tourism. Malaysia, in this respect, is not exceptional. Having ratified the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013, Malaysia is bound to identify and define the various elements of the ICH present in its territory and ensure its protection. It is the purpose of the paper to discuss the available protection for ICH that could be developed further to attract tourists. In particular, the paper seeks to examine the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the existing heritage laws in Malaysia. The existing laws refer to the National Heritage Act 2005 as well as the States’ heritage enactments that provide for the preservation of cultural heritage resources at both federal and state levels. The problems to be addressed include, inter alia, lack of proper understanding on the nature of ICH and narrow interpretations and scope of ICH. This paper concludes with some recommendations for legislative reform to better protect ICH and ensure the rapid development of tourism in Malaysia.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha Nublan Zaky, Sharafina Zaky
author_facet	Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha Nublan Zaky, Sharafina Zaky
author_sort	Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha
title	Protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: Malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services)
title_short	Protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: Malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services)
title_full	Protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: Malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services)
title_fullStr	Protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: Malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services)
title_full_unstemmed	Protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: Malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services)
title_sort	protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services)
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53083/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53083/1/EITOC-2016%20complete.pdf
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Protection of intangible cultural heritage as a viable tourist product: Malaysia as a case study (touristic products and services)

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