The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: local community benefited? = Aktiviti membeli-belah di Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat?

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 no discussion on the local economic in cultural heritage destinations in Malaysia. This study examined to...

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Main Authors: Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir, Mahamod, Lukman Hakim, Jaafar, Samsuddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Selangor International Islamic University College 2019
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/81889/7/81889_The%20Shopping%20Activities%20in%20Melaka.pdf
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author Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir
Mahamod, Lukman Hakim
Jaafar, Samsuddin
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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 no discussion on the local economic in cultural heritage destinations 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-818892020-08-15T18:41:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81889/ The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: local community benefited? = Aktiviti membeli-belah di Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat? Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir Mahamod, Lukman Hakim Jaafar, Samsuddin GV Recreation Leisure 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 no discussion on the local economic in cultural heritage destinations 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. Selangor International Islamic University College 2019-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81889/7/81889_The%20Shopping%20Activities%20in%20Melaka.pdf Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir and Mahamod, Lukman Hakim and Jaafar, Samsuddin (2019) The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: local community benefited? = Aktiviti membeli-belah di Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat? Journal of Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah, 3 (Special issue). pp. 366-376. E-ISSN 2289-8042 http://journal.kuis.edu.my/jsass/images/special3/jsass_khas03_pasak18_002_syakir.pdf
spellingShingle GV Recreation Leisure
H Social Sciences (General)
Ab Rahman, Syakir Amir
Mahamod, Lukman Hakim
Jaafar, Samsuddin
The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: local community benefited? = Aktiviti membeli-belah di Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat?
title The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: local community benefited? = Aktiviti membeli-belah di Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat?
title_full The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: local community benefited? = Aktiviti membeli-belah di Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat?
title_fullStr The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: local community benefited? = Aktiviti membeli-belah di Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat?
title_full_unstemmed The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: local community benefited? = Aktiviti membeli-belah di Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat?
title_short The shopping activities in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: local community benefited? = Aktiviti membeli-belah di Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat?
title_sort shopping activities in melaka unesco world heritage site: local community benefited? = aktiviti membeli-belah di melaka unesco world heritage site: adakah komuniti setempat mendapat manfaat?
topic GV Recreation Leisure
H Social Sciences (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/81889/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/81889/7/81889_The%20Shopping%20Activities%20in%20Melaka.pdf