Seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia

This study evaluates Tioman Island's sustainability achievement using the Sustainable Ecotourism Indicator System (SEIS). Sustainability is achieved if each stakeholder makes a positive contribution to others in social, environmental, and economic dimensions. The overall sustainability score al...

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Main Authors: Siew, Imm Ng, Kei, Wei Chia, Jo, Ann Ho, Ramachandran, Sridar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63184/
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Jo, Ann Ho
Ramachandran, Sridar
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description This study evaluates Tioman Island's sustainability achievement using the Sustainable Ecotourism Indicator System (SEIS). Sustainability is achieved if each stakeholder makes a positive contribution to others in social, environmental, and economic dimensions. The overall sustainability score allows objective comparisons across destinations, which may provoke positive reactions from stakeholders to play their parts. Three questionnaire versions were designed in which each stakeholder group (39 government officers, 104 local communities, and 105 tourists) rated their perceptions of sustainable relationships with two other stakeholder groups, resulting in six sustainable relationship aspects. The results indicate that Tioman Island is classified as ‘‘potentially sustainable’’ (58.89%).
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spelling upm-631842018-08-16T01:29:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63184/ Seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia Siew, Imm Ng Kei, Wei Chia Jo, Ann Ho Ramachandran, Sridar This study evaluates Tioman Island's sustainability achievement using the Sustainable Ecotourism Indicator System (SEIS). Sustainability is achieved if each stakeholder makes a positive contribution to others in social, environmental, and economic dimensions. The overall sustainability score allows objective comparisons across destinations, which may provoke positive reactions from stakeholders to play their parts. Three questionnaire versions were designed in which each stakeholder group (39 government officers, 104 local communities, and 105 tourists) rated their perceptions of sustainable relationships with two other stakeholder groups, resulting in six sustainable relationship aspects. The results indicate that Tioman Island is classified as ‘‘potentially sustainable’’ (58.89%). Elsevier 2017-02 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63184/1/Seeking%20tourism%20sustainability%20%E2%80%93%20A%20case%20study%20of%20Tioman%20Island%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Siew, Imm Ng and Kei, Wei Chia and Jo, Ann Ho and Ramachandran, Sridar (2017) Seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia. Tourism Management, 58. pp. 101-107. ISSN 0261-5177 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.10.007
spellingShingle Siew, Imm Ng
Kei, Wei Chia
Jo, Ann Ho
Ramachandran, Sridar
Seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia
title Seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia
title_full Seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia
title_fullStr Seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia
title_short Seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia
title_sort seeking tourism sustainability - a case study of tioman island, malaysia
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