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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Main Authors:	Karim, A. H. M. Zehadul, Md. Noon, Hazizan, Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan, Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Sustainable Tourism Research Cluster Universiti Sains Malaysia 2013
Subjects:	GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/59242/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/59242/14/59242%20Prospects%20Of%20Tourism%20In%20Malaysia-abstract.pdf

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spelling	iium-592422018-08-02T06:38:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59242/ Prospects of tourism in Malaysia: A situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects Karim, A. H. M. Zehadul Md. Noon, Hazizan Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences (General) 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. Sustainable Tourism Research Cluster Universiti Sains Malaysia 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59242/14/59242%20Prospects%20Of%20Tourism%20In%20Malaysia-abstract.pdf Karim, A. H. M. Zehadul and Md. Noon, Hazizan and Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan and Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah (2013) Prospects of tourism in Malaysia: A situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects. In: International Conference on Tourism Development, 4th & 5th February 2013, Penang.
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description	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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Karim, A. H. M. Zehadul Md. Noon, Hazizan Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah
author_facet	Karim, A. H. M. Zehadul Md. Noon, Hazizan Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah
author_sort	Karim, A. H. M. Zehadul
title	Prospects of tourism in Malaysia: A situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects
title_short	Prospects of tourism in Malaysia: A situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects
title_full	Prospects of tourism in Malaysia: A situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects
title_fullStr	Prospects of tourism in Malaysia: A situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects
title_full_unstemmed	Prospects of tourism in Malaysia: A situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects
title_sort	prospects of tourism in malaysia: a situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects
publisher	Sustainable Tourism Research Cluster Universiti Sains Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/59242/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/59242/14/59242%20Prospects%20Of%20Tourism%20In%20Malaysia-abstract.pdf
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Prospects of tourism in Malaysia: A situational study focusing on socio-cultural and environmental aspects

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