Local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi

Purpose – The study identifies the local communities’ perception on economic impacts in a rural area whom experiencing an economic transition. The studies focus on residents in the area of popular tourism developments in the region. Design/Methodology/Approach – Likert scale will be use to measure p...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Nurul Azwa, Shuib, Ahmad
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Economics and Business, UNIMAS 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48403/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48403/1/48403.pdf
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Shuib, Ahmad
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description Purpose – The study identifies the local communities’ perception on economic impacts in a rural area whom experiencing an economic transition. The studies focus on residents in the area of popular tourism developments in the region. Design/Methodology/Approach – Likert scale will be use to measure perceptions on economic impacts, question will be asked about indicators in economic impacts that happening in that area, the questionnaire involve their perceptions will be positive or negative impacts and whether they are agree or disagree with tourism development that happening in that area. Results/Originality – The finding from these studies will emphasizes the importance of perceptions of local communities’ as criteria to determine the effectiveness of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi, local communities’ perception is also importance to guide tourism development in that area and these studies also could be beneficial to provide information to the government and also Langkawi Development Authority (LADA) in term of making appropriate decisions for future development of the rural tourism development sector. Finally, from all economic indicators that have been measured, one numerical indicator of impacts of rural tourism development will come out from the finding of the results.
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spelling upm-484032016-09-14T08:24:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48403/ Local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi Ahmad, Nurul Azwa Shuib, Ahmad Purpose – The study identifies the local communities’ perception on economic impacts in a rural area whom experiencing an economic transition. The studies focus on residents in the area of popular tourism developments in the region. Design/Methodology/Approach – Likert scale will be use to measure perceptions on economic impacts, question will be asked about indicators in economic impacts that happening in that area, the questionnaire involve their perceptions will be positive or negative impacts and whether they are agree or disagree with tourism development that happening in that area. Results/Originality – The finding from these studies will emphasizes the importance of perceptions of local communities’ as criteria to determine the effectiveness of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi, local communities’ perception is also importance to guide tourism development in that area and these studies also could be beneficial to provide information to the government and also Langkawi Development Authority (LADA) in term of making appropriate decisions for future development of the rural tourism development sector. Finally, from all economic indicators that have been measured, one numerical indicator of impacts of rural tourism development will come out from the finding of the results. Faculty of Economics and Business, UNIMAS 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48403/1/48403.pdf Ahmad, Nurul Azwa and Shuib, Ahmad (2012) Local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi. In: Postgraduate Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities 2012 (PCSSH 2012), 9-10 July 2012, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). .
spellingShingle Ahmad, Nurul Azwa
Shuib, Ahmad
Local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi
title Local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi
title_full Local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi
title_fullStr Local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi
title_full_unstemmed Local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi
title_short Local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in Kilim Geopark, Langkawi
title_sort local communities' perceptions towards economic impact of rural tourism development in kilim geopark, langkawi
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48403/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48403/1/48403.pdf