Physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of Pangkor Island

It is readily accepted that island destinations and nature based settings are fragile in encountering the physical environment impacts induced by tourism development although this still depends very much on such variables as the intensity of the development, the intensity of activities and the bac...

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Main Authors:	Diana Mohamad, S. Rahman, Azizi Bahauddin, Badaruddin Mohamed
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Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015
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spelling	ukm-95482016-12-14T06:50:16Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9548/ Physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of Pangkor Island Diana Mohamad, S. Rahman, Azizi Bahauddin, Badaruddin Mohamed, It is readily accepted that island destinations and nature based settings are fragile in encountering the physical environment impacts induced by tourism development although this still depends very much on such variables as the intensity of the development, the intensity of activities and the background of the visitors. This study analysed Pangkor Island residents’ perception of physical environment impacts induced by tourism development in particular with regard to perceived biodiversity issues. A total of 268 respondents was sampled in a field questionnaires survey. The finding revealed that the majority of local residents who were largely dependent tourism for their were gravely concerned with the physical environmental impacts of the tourism development, in particular, with respect to scuba diving and snorkeling activities. The negative environmental impacts were perceived to be largely due to the lack of experience on the part of guest snorkelers and the intensity of the snorkeling activities at certain sites. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9548/1/12x.fullgeo-okt15-diana-edam1.pdf Diana Mohamad, and S. Rahman, and Azizi Bahauddin, and Badaruddin Mohamed, (2015) Physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of Pangkor Island. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 11 (11). pp. 120-128. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2015&vol=11&issue=11&ver=loc
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description	It is readily accepted that island destinations and nature based settings are fragile in encountering the physical environment impacts induced by tourism development although this still depends very much on such variables as the intensity of the development, the intensity of activities and the background of the visitors. This study analysed Pangkor Island residents’ perception of physical environment impacts induced by tourism development in particular with regard to perceived biodiversity issues. A total of 268 respondents was sampled in a field questionnaires survey. The finding revealed that the majority of local residents who were largely dependent tourism for their were gravely concerned with the physical environmental impacts of the tourism development, in particular, with respect to scuba diving and snorkeling activities. The negative environmental impacts were perceived to be largely due to the lack of experience on the part of guest snorkelers and the intensity of the snorkeling activities at certain sites.
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title	Physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of Pangkor Island
title_short	Physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of Pangkor Island
title_full	Physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of Pangkor Island
title_fullStr	Physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of Pangkor Island
title_full_unstemmed	Physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of Pangkor Island
title_sort	physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of pangkor island
publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate	2015
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Physical environmental impacts of island tourism development: a case study of Pangkor Island

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