Evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in Malaysian urban context

The main purpose of this study is to identify the potentials of mosque as tourist attraction place in Malaysia. This study uses case study and empirical study as methodology choosing two mosques from outside the world and in Malaysia as a sample that are tourist attraction spots. In this study, disc...

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Main Authors: Nangkula Utaberta, Leong, Yin Chen, M.M. Tahir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19495/
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description The main purpose of this study is to identify the potentials of mosque as tourist attraction place in Malaysia. This study uses case study and empirical study as methodology choosing two mosques from outside the world and in Malaysia as a sample that are tourist attraction spots. In this study, discussion whether mosque should become a tourist attraction place and the factors that make a mosque popular among the tourists was discussed by giving some good examples of selected mosque. It is expected that this study can make the public as well as the officials aware of the tourism potentials of the mosque in Malaysia. This paper also presented the potentials and considerations of selected mosques in managing its tourism function as reference for further development of Islamic Architecture (in this case Mosques) in Malaysia.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:194952022-08-26T08:26:58Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19495/ Evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in Malaysian urban context Nangkula Utaberta, Leong, Yin Chen M.M. Tahir, The main purpose of this study is to identify the potentials of mosque as tourist attraction place in Malaysia. This study uses case study and empirical study as methodology choosing two mosques from outside the world and in Malaysia as a sample that are tourist attraction spots. In this study, discussion whether mosque should become a tourist attraction place and the factors that make a mosque popular among the tourists was discussed by giving some good examples of selected mosque. It is expected that this study can make the public as well as the officials aware of the tourism potentials of the mosque in Malaysia. This paper also presented the potentials and considerations of selected mosques in managing its tourism function as reference for further development of Islamic Architecture (in this case Mosques) in Malaysia. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19495/1/538-1842-2-PB.pdf Nangkula Utaberta, and Leong, Yin Chen and M.M. Tahir, (2021) Evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in Malaysian urban context. Jurnal Rekabentuk dan Binaan ; Journal of Design & Built, 14 (1). pp. 25-35. ISSN 1985-6881 https://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jdb/issue/view/53/showToc
spellingShingle Nangkula Utaberta,
Leong, Yin Chen
M.M. Tahir,
Evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in Malaysian urban context
title Evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in Malaysian urban context
title_full Evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in Malaysian urban context
title_fullStr Evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in Malaysian urban context
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in Malaysian urban context
title_short Evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in Malaysian urban context
title_sort evaluating the potentials of mosque as a tourist attraction place in malaysian urban context
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19495/
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19495/1/538-1842-2-PB.pdf