Border town issues in tourism development: the case of Perlis, Malaysia

This paper discusses the state of tourism development in Perlis the smallest state in the country located at the northernmost part of Peninsular Malaysia where Malaysia borders Thailand . The focus is on the issues and challenges faced in developing tourism in the state. The collection of both qua...

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Main Authors:	Goh, Hong Ching, Tan, Wan Hin, Ching, Fei Ern
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Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2014
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7121/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7121/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7121/1/6.geografia-april_2014-Goh_Hong1-edam.pdf

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spelling	ukm-71212016-12-14T06:43:09Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7121/ Border town issues in tourism development: the case of Perlis, Malaysia Goh, Hong Ching Tan, Wan Hin Ching, Fei Ern This paper discusses the state of tourism development in Perlis the smallest state in the country located at the northernmost part of Peninsular Malaysia where Malaysia borders Thailand . The focus is on the issues and challenges faced in developing tourism in the state. The collection of both quantitative and qualitative data was carried out in February and November 2010 involving site inventory, interviews, literature survey and desktop search. The findings reveal that despite the state’s tourism potentials poor accessibility, improper and inappropriate development planning not in accordance to the uniqueness of local tourism resources, and poor maintenance have thwarted the potential role of tourism as a tool of development in the state, thus limiting its tourism function to that of a mere transit town and a minor border tourism destination. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2014-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7121/1/6.geografia-april_2014-Goh_Hong1-edam.pdf Goh, Hong Ching and Tan, Wan Hin and Ching, Fei Ern (2014) Border town issues in tourism development: the case of Perlis, Malaysia. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 10 (2). pp. 68-79. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php
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description	This paper discusses the state of tourism development in Perlis the smallest state in the country located at the northernmost part of Peninsular Malaysia where Malaysia borders Thailand . The focus is on the issues and challenges faced in developing tourism in the state. The collection of both quantitative and qualitative data was carried out in February and November 2010 involving site inventory, interviews, literature survey and desktop search. The findings reveal that despite the state’s tourism potentials poor accessibility, improper and inappropriate development planning not in accordance to the uniqueness of local tourism resources, and poor maintenance have thwarted the potential role of tourism as a tool of development in the state, thus limiting its tourism function to that of a mere transit town and a minor border tourism destination.
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author	Goh, Hong Ching Tan, Wan Hin Ching, Fei Ern
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title	Border town issues in tourism development: the case of Perlis, Malaysia
title_short	Border town issues in tourism development: the case of Perlis, Malaysia
title_full	Border town issues in tourism development: the case of Perlis, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Border town issues in tourism development: the case of Perlis, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Border town issues in tourism development: the case of Perlis, Malaysia
title_sort	border town issues in tourism development: the case of perlis, malaysia
publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
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Border town issues in tourism development: the case of Perlis, Malaysia

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