Barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: The perspective of the Malaysia local authorities

This paper discusses the barriers faced by the local authorities in Malaysia in integrating tourism in their development planning. This study undertook a quantitative survey. The questionnaires were sending out to 99 local authorities in Peninsular of Malaysia and 50% respondent rate were obtain...

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Main Authors: Abdul Khalid, Siti Nabiha, Md Saad, Nor Hasliza, Mahadi, Rozaidy
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/34956/
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author Abdul Khalid, Siti Nabiha
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Mahadi, Rozaidy
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description This paper discusses the barriers faced by the local authorities in Malaysia in integrating tourism in their development planning. This study undertook a quantitative survey. The questionnaires were sending out to 99 local authorities in Peninsular of Malaysia and 50% respondent rate were obtained. The findings show that 49 percent of Malaysia’s local authorities have formulated policies related to tourism development in their area of jurisdiction. Financial restriction, which is high cost, has been identified as the major barrier for those LAs in integrating tourism in their development planning and policy formulation. The findings also revealed that time constraints and view that tourism activities as not being an important contributor to their revenue are among the factors that prevent them from integrating tourism in their development planning.
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spelling usm-349562017-06-07T02:45:51Z http://eprints.usm.my/34956/ Barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: The perspective of the Malaysia local authorities Abdul Khalid, Siti Nabiha Md Saad, Nor Hasliza Mahadi, Rozaidy TH1-9745 Building construction This paper discusses the barriers faced by the local authorities in Malaysia in integrating tourism in their development planning. This study undertook a quantitative survey. The questionnaires were sending out to 99 local authorities in Peninsular of Malaysia and 50% respondent rate were obtained. The findings show that 49 percent of Malaysia’s local authorities have formulated policies related to tourism development in their area of jurisdiction. Financial restriction, which is high cost, has been identified as the major barrier for those LAs in integrating tourism in their development planning and policy formulation. The findings also revealed that time constraints and view that tourism activities as not being an important contributor to their revenue are among the factors that prevent them from integrating tourism in their development planning. 2013-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/34956/1/HBP1.pdf Abdul Khalid, Siti Nabiha and Md Saad, Nor Hasliza and Mahadi, Rozaidy (2013) Barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: The perspective of the Malaysia local authorities. In: International Conference on Tourism Development: Building The Future Of Tourism, 4 - 5 February 2013, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
spellingShingle TH1-9745 Building construction
Abdul Khalid, Siti Nabiha
Md Saad, Nor Hasliza
Mahadi, Rozaidy
Barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: The perspective of the Malaysia local authorities
title Barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: The perspective of the Malaysia local authorities
title_full Barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: The perspective of the Malaysia local authorities
title_fullStr Barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: The perspective of the Malaysia local authorities
title_full_unstemmed Barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: The perspective of the Malaysia local authorities
title_short Barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: The perspective of the Malaysia local authorities
title_sort barriers to integrating tourism in the development planning: the perspective of the malaysia local authorities
topic TH1-9745 Building construction
url http://eprints.usm.my/34956/
http://eprints.usm.my/34956/1/HBP1.pdf