The Langkawi Global Geopark: local community’s perspectives on public education

Azman, Norzaini; Halim, Sharina Abdul; Liu, Ong Puay; Komoo, Ibrahim

doi:10.1080/13527258.2011.557863

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“…9, No. 8;2015 generation, expands the market for local products, and revitalizes traditional economies (Azman et al, 2011;Ghaderi & Henderson, 2012). Hall (2004) notes that rural tourism benefits local communities by providing a supplementary income to the farming, craft, and service sectors.…”

Section: Importance Of Rural Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Local Community and Tourism Development: A Study of Rural Mountainous Destinations

Jaafar¹,

Bakri²,

Rasoolimanesh³

2015

MAS

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Malaysia is internationally regarded as a popular rural destination because of its natural heritage. Rural tourism is increasingly viewed as a panacea for increasing the economic viability of marginalized areas, stimulating social regeneration, and improving the living conditions of rural communities. This study explores local community involvement in a rural tourism development in Kinabalu National Park, Sabah. We explore how the local community perceives their involvement in a local rural tourism development and look to identify the benefit of tourism destination development for this community. To address these objectives, we employed quantitative research methodologies and a sample of 378 respondents drawn from villages surrounding Kinabalu National Park. Sampled residents indicated having positive perceptions of tourism development in the area. Local communities enjoy being involved in the tourism sector because it improves their key income resources and quality of life.

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confidence: 99%

Local Community and Tourism Development: A Study of Rural Mountainous Destinations

Jaafar¹,

Bakri²,

Rasoolimanesh³

2015

MAS

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“…At present, Langkawi Island economy is largely dependent on three pillars, namely (1) tourism activities, (2) small-and medium-scale industries including fishing and agriculture and (3) the production of traditional health products. As far as agriculture and fisheries are concerned, emphasis has been placed on conserving, preserving and maintaining the village tradition originality as an interesting asset to the tourism industry (Azman, Abdul Halim, Ong, & Komoo, 2011). The Langkawi world heritage site is one of the most visited attractions in Malaysia.…”

Section: International Visitors' Perspectives On Geopark Sustainabilimentioning

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International Visitors' Perspectives on Geopark Sustainability in Langkawi Island, Malaysia

Marzuki

Mohamad

Jaafar

2014

Tourism Planning & Development

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Conventional knowledge has that the tourism industry offers four types of benefits to its participants, namely leisure, education, entertainment and social networking. The tourism industry that can be broadly encapsulated into groups of active-based and passive-based tourism activities is a subject with a complex organization structure. More importantly, the tourism industry is more than providing service to its participants. Its successfulness, reliability and validity are influenced by scores of factors including visitors' attitudes. This study aims to seek the visitors' attitudes on four tourism pillars (environment, economic, social and support systems) towards realizing sustainable tourism development movement. The study area is KILIM Geopark which is located in Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Assessment has been done to examine the relationships between income, education background and the studied variables. Overall observation shows that although many have been done, much more are needed to be implemented and achieved in order to improve, enhance and strengthen KILIM's existing development model.

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“…Geotourism aims to impact on natural resources negligibly while simultaneously promoting the economic growth of indigenous communities. Geoparks are geographical areas which aim to integrate the preservation of geological heritage, biodiversity, and cultural resources through strategies for regional sustainable socio-economic and cultural development through geotourism activities [3,15,[17][18][19]. Sustainable development of the geotourism industry requires geo parks maintained by minimal intervention with native habitats.…”

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“…The Global Geoparks Network (GGN) formed in 2004 by UNESCO aims to improve coordination of the world's geological heritage through cooperative management. According to [3] the main objectives of a geopark are (1) protection and conservation, (2) tourism-related infrastructural development and (3) socio-economic development.…”

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The Current Observation and Challenges of Tourism Development in Batur Global Geopark Area, Bali Province, Indonesia

Rosyidie

Sagala

Syahbid

et al. 2018

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The Langkawi Global Geopark: local community’s perspectives on public education

Cited by 37 publications

References 14 publications

Local Community and Tourism Development: A Study of Rural Mountainous Destinations

Local Community and Tourism Development: A Study of Rural Mountainous Destinations

International Visitors' Perspectives on Geopark Sustainability in Langkawi Island, Malaysia

The Current Observation and Challenges of Tourism Development in Batur Global Geopark Area, Bali Province, Indonesia

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