The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage site: is the local community benefited?
Tourism is a significant sector to boost the local economic development with its strength to offer the economic sources to the destination. However, to date, there has been discussion on the on local economic in cultural heritage in Malaysia. This study examined tourists’ expenditure on shopping sec...
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| author | Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir Mahamod, Lukman Hakim Jaafar, Samsuddin |
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| description | Tourism is a significant sector to boost the local economic development with its strength to offer the economic sources to the destination. However, to date, there has been discussion on the on local economic in cultural heritage in Malaysia. This study examined tourists’ expenditure on shopping sector, and its contribution to the local economic in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage area. A total of 1000 questionnaire survey were collected. Inferential analysis was used to identify the expenditure pattern of domestic and international tourist and its contribution to the local economy. The results revealed that the shopping sector recorded the third highest expenditure and were benefited to the local economy. |
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| spelling | iium-635642021-09-14T11:46:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63564/ The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage site: is the local community benefited? Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir Mahamod, Lukman Hakim Jaafar, Samsuddin H Social Sciences (General) Tourism is a significant sector to boost the local economic development with its strength to offer the economic sources to the destination. However, to date, there has been discussion on the on local economic in cultural heritage in Malaysia. This study examined tourists’ expenditure on shopping sector, and its contribution to the local economic in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage area. A total of 1000 questionnaire survey were collected. Inferential analysis was used to identify the expenditure pattern of domestic and international tourist and its contribution to the local economy. The results revealed that the shopping sector recorded the third highest expenditure and were benefited to the local economy. Kolej Universiti Islam Antarbangsa Selangor 2018-04 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63564/1/63564_The%20shopping%20activities%20in%20Melaka%20UNESCO_COMPLETE_NEW.pdf Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir and Mahamod, Lukman Hakim and Jaafar, Samsuddin (2018) The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage site: is the local community benefited? In: e-Prosiding Persidangan Antarabangsa Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan 2018, 23th - 24th April 2018, Selangor, Malaysia. http://conference.kuis.edu.my/pasak3/e-prosiding/e-prosiding-jilid-1#subtema-1 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir Mahamod, Lukman Hakim Jaafar, Samsuddin The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage site: is the local community benefited? |
| title | The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage site: is the local community benefited? |
| title_full | The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage site: is the local community benefited? |
| title_fullStr | The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage site: is the local community benefited? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage site: is the local community benefited? |
| title_short | The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage site: is the local community benefited? |
| title_sort | shopping activities in melaka unesco world heritage site: is the local community benefited? |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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