Tourists' perception on the environmental quality of Port Dickson as sustainable tourism destination
This paper discusses the tourists' perception on the impact of tourism development towards the environmental quality of Port Dickson. It aims to examine the visitors’ responses towards the current environmental quality of the study area. Port Dickson is now having crucial environmental problems...
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| author | Mohd Nasir, Nadia Ibrahim, Mansor Mohamed Osman, Mariana |
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| description | This paper discusses the tourists' perception on the impact of tourism development towards the environmental quality of Port Dickson. It aims to examine the visitors’ responses towards the current environmental quality of the study area. Port Dickson is now having crucial environmental problems in spite of being one of the famous tourist spots in Malaysia. There are several aspects of the environment needing to be focused on which are water, air, environment and noise pollution. Questionnaire survey was distributed to a total of 120 visitors coming from all over Malaysia. The result helped the author to identify the tourists' perceptions on the environmental issues and problems in Port Dickson. Further analysis and discussion shows that this situation can be improved by a few means of sustainable tourism planning strategies, appropriate IT applications with active and effective public participation. |
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| spelling | iium-516692017-01-13T08:42:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51669/ Tourists' perception on the environmental quality of Port Dickson as sustainable tourism destination Mohd Nasir, Nadia Ibrahim, Mansor Mohamed Osman, Mariana NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture This paper discusses the tourists' perception on the impact of tourism development towards the environmental quality of Port Dickson. It aims to examine the visitors’ responses towards the current environmental quality of the study area. Port Dickson is now having crucial environmental problems in spite of being one of the famous tourist spots in Malaysia. There are several aspects of the environment needing to be focused on which are water, air, environment and noise pollution. Questionnaire survey was distributed to a total of 120 visitors coming from all over Malaysia. The result helped the author to identify the tourists' perceptions on the environmental issues and problems in Port Dickson. Further analysis and discussion shows that this situation can be improved by a few means of sustainable tourism planning strategies, appropriate IT applications with active and effective public participation. Kulliyyah of Languages and Management (KLM), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) 2016 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51669/1/51669_Tourists%27_perception_on_the_environmental.pdf Mohd Nasir, Nadia and Ibrahim, Mansor and Mohamed Osman, Mariana (2016) Tourists' perception on the environmental quality of Port Dickson as sustainable tourism destination. In: International Language and Tourism Conference 2016 (ILTC 2016), 21st-22nd Jan. 2016, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/iltc2016/proceedings |
| spellingShingle | NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture Mohd Nasir, Nadia Ibrahim, Mansor Mohamed Osman, Mariana Tourists' perception on the environmental quality of Port Dickson as sustainable tourism destination |
| title | Tourists' perception on the environmental quality of Port Dickson as sustainable tourism destination |
| title_full | Tourists' perception on the environmental quality of Port Dickson as sustainable tourism destination |
| title_fullStr | Tourists' perception on the environmental quality of Port Dickson as sustainable tourism destination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tourists' perception on the environmental quality of Port Dickson as sustainable tourism destination |
| title_short | Tourists' perception on the environmental quality of Port Dickson as sustainable tourism destination |
| title_sort | tourists' perception on the environmental quality of port dickson as sustainable tourism destination |
| topic | NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/51669/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51669/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51669/1/51669_Tourists%27_perception_on_the_environmental.pdf |