People’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia: a community-reflective study

Tourism is considered as the largest service-oriented industry of Malaysia, contributing enormously in economic terms to the GDP (gross domestic product) of the country, delivering employment to a sizeable section of the population, and fostering civic pride, social prestige, and international recog...

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Main Authors:	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul, Rokis, Rohaiza, Awang, Yahya
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Language:	English
Published:	Society for Science and Education United Kingdom 2017
Subjects:	HM Sociology
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spelling	iium-603232018-01-11T05:26:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60323/ People’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia: a community-reflective study Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Rokis, Rohaiza Awang, Yahya HM Sociology Tourism is considered as the largest service-oriented industry of Malaysia, contributing enormously in economic terms to the GDP (gross domestic product) of the country, delivering employment to a sizeable section of the population, and fostering civic pride, social prestige, and international recognition as a desirable tourist destination. The tourism industry parades the beauty of Malaysian culture abroad as well as it enables people from outside to acquaint with a unique Muslim heritage amidst Malay modernity. Notwithstanding its many blessings, the tourism issue has sparked debate recently necessitating a discourse on a ‘rational framework for Malaysian tourism’ upon the premise that the benefits of tourism should not only be calculated in economic metrics, rather its demerits should be factored in as well. Under this circumstance, this paper empirically reflects the Malaysian community’s perception on the socio-cultural and environmental effects of tourism at the grassroots level. Society for Science and Education United Kingdom 2017-07-25 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60323/1/001%20UK%20paper%20in%20ASSRJ-17-3488.pdf Karim, A.H.M Zehadul and Rokis, Rohaiza and Awang, Yahya (2017) People’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia: a community-reflective study. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 4 (14). pp. 213-219. ISSN 2055-0286 http://scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/view/3488/1995 10.14738/assrj.414.3488.
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description	Tourism is considered as the largest service-oriented industry of Malaysia, contributing enormously in economic terms to the GDP (gross domestic product) of the country, delivering employment to a sizeable section of the population, and fostering civic pride, social prestige, and international recognition as a desirable tourist destination. The tourism industry parades the beauty of Malaysian culture abroad as well as it enables people from outside to acquaint with a unique Muslim heritage amidst Malay modernity. Notwithstanding its many blessings, the tourism issue has sparked debate recently necessitating a discourse on a ‘rational framework for Malaysian tourism’ upon the premise that the benefits of tourism should not only be calculated in economic metrics, rather its demerits should be factored in as well. Under this circumstance, this paper empirically reflects the Malaysian community’s perception on the socio-cultural and environmental effects of tourism at the grassroots level.
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author	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Rokis, Rohaiza Awang, Yahya
author_facet	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Rokis, Rohaiza Awang, Yahya
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title	People’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia: a community-reflective study
title_short	People’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia: a community-reflective study
title_full	People’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia: a community-reflective study
title_fullStr	People’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia: a community-reflective study
title_full_unstemmed	People’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia: a community-reflective study
title_sort	people’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in malaysia: a community-reflective study
publisher	Society for Science and Education United Kingdom
publishDate	2017
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People’s perception of the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism in Malaysia: a community-reflective study

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