Visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of Pahang, Malaysia

Visual preferences for various landscapes have been long standing interest to researchers. This research intends to understand what reflects the preferences through the respondent’s knowledge on the function and experience of the selected tourism scenes. Respondents selected according to their knowl...

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Main Authors: Ani, Anisa, Mohamed, Noorizan, Ina Krisantia
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31567/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31567/1/31567.pdf
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author Ani, Anisa
Mohamed, Noorizan
Ina Krisantia,
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description Visual preferences for various landscapes have been long standing interest to researchers. This research intends to understand what reflects the preferences through the respondent’s knowledge on the function and experience of the selected tourism scenes. Respondents selected according to their knowledge of the selected tourism destinations regardless their nationality. From the photos gathered during the site survey, a final set of ten most preferred scenes by the respondents were finalized to be used in the study. It was found that respondent’s familiarity has become the contributing factor in influencing the most preferred scenes. The results point that highland landscapes were most preferred by the respondents regardless their origins ; mostly influenced by their perception on natural environment protection and the calmness feeling provided by the selected highland scenes.
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spelling upm-315672017-01-27T02:49:52Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31567/ Visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of Pahang, Malaysia Ani, Anisa Mohamed, Noorizan Ina Krisantia, Visual preferences for various landscapes have been long standing interest to researchers. This research intends to understand what reflects the preferences through the respondent’s knowledge on the function and experience of the selected tourism scenes. Respondents selected according to their knowledge of the selected tourism destinations regardless their nationality. From the photos gathered during the site survey, a final set of ten most preferred scenes by the respondents were finalized to be used in the study. It was found that respondent’s familiarity has become the contributing factor in influencing the most preferred scenes. The results point that highland landscapes were most preferred by the respondents regardless their origins ; mostly influenced by their perception on natural environment protection and the calmness feeling provided by the selected highland scenes. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31567/1/31567.pdf Ani, Anisa and Mohamed, Noorizan and Ina Krisantia, (2012) Visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of Pahang, Malaysia. In: National Research & Innovation Conference for Graduate Students in Social Sciences (GS-NRIC 2012), 7-9 Dec. 2012, Mahkota Hotel, Melaka. (pp. 932-944).
spellingShingle Ani, Anisa
Mohamed, Noorizan
Ina Krisantia,
Visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of Pahang, Malaysia
title Visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of Pahang, Malaysia
title_full Visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr Visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of Pahang, Malaysia
title_short Visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort visual preference of tourism destinations in the state of pahang, malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31567/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31567/1/31567.pdf