Open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening Malaysian livelihoods

Heritage appreciation has been easily neglected and been taken advantage of over the years despite its invisible primary role in the tourism industry. The value of heritage is invaluable and its loss is an irreversible loss to the nation as a whole. Heritage appreciation could play an important role...

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Main Author: Chiam , Chooi Chea
Other Authors: Pandey, Umesh Chandra
Format: Book Section
Published: IGI Global 2017
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Online Access:https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1110/
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description Heritage appreciation has been easily neglected and been taken advantage of over the years despite its invisible primary role in the tourism industry. The value of heritage is invaluable and its loss is an irreversible loss to the nation as a whole. Heritage appreciation could play an important role in rural development, with mostly positive impact to the local and economy as the whole. Tourism has many potential benefits for rural areas because it can secure more jobs for non-metro communities, especially for those that are economically underdeveloped. Mainly because jobs in the tourist industry often do not require advanced training, local residents with few skills can readily work as food servers, retail clerks and hospitality workers. Tourism also not only offers business opportunities to local residents, but it can serve as an opportunity for tourists to return later to retire or start a business locally. Tourism can also enhance local quality life where tourism can serve as an important course of tax revenues for governments. [ABSTRACT BY AUTHOR]
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spelling oai:eprints.oum.edu.my:11102017-11-21T08:34:27Z Open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening Malaysian livelihoods Chiam , Chooi Chea LB1028 Research - Education Heritage appreciation has been easily neglected and been taken advantage of over the years despite its invisible primary role in the tourism industry. The value of heritage is invaluable and its loss is an irreversible loss to the nation as a whole. Heritage appreciation could play an important role in rural development, with mostly positive impact to the local and economy as the whole. Tourism has many potential benefits for rural areas because it can secure more jobs for non-metro communities, especially for those that are economically underdeveloped. Mainly because jobs in the tourist industry often do not require advanced training, local residents with few skills can readily work as food servers, retail clerks and hospitality workers. Tourism also not only offers business opportunities to local residents, but it can serve as an opportunity for tourists to return later to retire or start a business locally. Tourism can also enhance local quality life where tourism can serve as an important course of tax revenues for governments. [ABSTRACT BY AUTHOR] IGI Global Pandey, Umesh Chandra Indrakanti, Verlaxmi 2017-06 Book Section PeerReviewed Chiam , Chooi Chea (2017) Open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening Malaysian livelihoods. In: Open and Distance Learning Initiatives for Sustainable Development. Advances in Educational Technologies & Instructional Design (AETID) Book Series . IGI Global, Hershey PA, USA : , pp. 189-211. ISBN 9781522526216 https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1110/
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Chiam , Chooi Chea
Open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening Malaysian livelihoods
title Open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening Malaysian livelihoods
title_full Open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening Malaysian livelihoods
title_fullStr Open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening Malaysian livelihoods
title_full_unstemmed Open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening Malaysian livelihoods
title_short Open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening Malaysian livelihoods
title_sort open distance learning in heritage recognition and appreciation : building capacity and strengthening malaysian livelihoods
topic LB1028 Research - Education
url https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1110/