A Survey of Local Community Participation in Tourism
The Comparison Between Malay and Chinese Community in Pangkor Island, Malaysia
Published on 20. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
100 pages
978-3-8473-4788-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Malay and Chinese community has been living together in Pangkor Island for the past 70 years harmoniously but as Pangkor shifted from rural fishing village to tourism destination, the participation in tourism activities and development from these two groups have shown some differs. This study identified and compared the influential factors to tourism participation between the two community and came out with several recommendations to enhance and boost the local community participation level in tourism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
167 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8473-4788-0 (9783847347880)
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Persons
Mohamad Redzuan Abu Hassan is a lecturer at Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management, Politeknik Sultan Idris Shah, Malaysia. He has Bachelor of Hospitality Management-Tourism and MSc. in Tourism Planning from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Redzuan's main research interests are in the fields of tourism sociology and community-based tourism.