Prospects of tourism in Malaysia: A situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects
Malaysia is perhaps one of the most unique countries of the world, being strategically situated on the gate-way location of global routes with a wonderful eco-environmental setting. Being a pluralistic society, it inherits its own traditional culture with harmonious integration of the diverse eth...
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| Language: | English |
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Sustainable Tourism Research Cluster Universiti Sains Malaysia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/59242/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/59242/14/59242%20Prospects%20Of%20Tourism%20In%20Malaysia-abstract.pdf |
| Summary: | Malaysia is perhaps one of the most unique countries of the world, being
strategically situated on the gate-way location of global routes with a
wonderful eco-environmental setting. Being a pluralistic society, it inherits
its own traditional culture with harmonious integration of the diverse ethnic
groups living in a very peaceful and politically stable situation. With all its
economic potentials, Malaysia has recently emerged as a newly-developed
nation with a huge infrastructural growth in its industrial and manufacturing
sectors. Due to these developments and other eloquent features, people from
abroad become largely attracted to this land and thus, they frequently arrive
here as visitors and tourists. As recently as in the year 2005, it is reported
that at least 16.7 million international tourists from outside visited Malaysia
bringing about 30 billion ringgit in terms of foreign currency in this country
(see Badruddin et.al. 2007). At present, tourism may be regarded as the
largest service-oriented industry in Malaysia contributing a great economic
share in the national GDP and provides employment to a bulk of the
population in the country. It brings civic pride and social prestige for
Malaysia by making a kind of international linkages in global context. It
takes Malaysian culture abroad and people from outside can get the touch of
the unique Muslim heritage in Malaysian context. Based on this positive
assumption, this proposed research will generate information in regard to
knowing about the present situation of tourism in Malaysian context. Side by
side, it is also recognized that tourism often damages eco-environments of a
particular region of the country, which are over-used by the tourists. The
natural habitats are dislocated, and also there occurs enormous social
impacts on local values and community culture. From that perspective the
paper is designed to deal with the issue of tourism in Malaysia from both
positive and negative perspectives; and thus it will generate a discourse to
conceptualize a rational framework for Malaysian tourism. |
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