Youth driven engagement in the homestay program

Community-based tourism (CBT) is one of the tourist attracting ways involving local community which aims to develop and to enhance the era as well as to bring renewal to the local community. It includes the involvement of youth. CBT comes in various types and this study was conducted to find how CBT...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Harun, Hairuddin, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid, Mohd Noor, Siti Noor Fazelah, Bokhari, Norzella, Nik Soh, Nik Zulkarnain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4381/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4381/1/AJ%202017%20%28149%29%20Youth%20driven%20engagement%20in%20the%20homestay%20program.pdf
_version_ 1848888272323870720
author Harun, Hairuddin
Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid
Mohd Noor, Siti Noor Fazelah
Bokhari, Norzella
Nik Soh, Nik Zulkarnain
author_facet Harun, Hairuddin
Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid
Mohd Noor, Siti Noor Fazelah
Bokhari, Norzella
Nik Soh, Nik Zulkarnain
author_sort Harun, Hairuddin
building UTHM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Community-based tourism (CBT) is one of the tourist attracting ways involving local community which aims to develop and to enhance the era as well as to bring renewal to the local community. It includes the involvement of youth. CBT comes in various types and this study was conducted to find how CBT can create youth engagement in the homestay program. There were various factors that motivate youth to participate in homestay program. This study involved one case study of a qualitative study conducted in a district in Sabah, namely in Kundasang. In this study, Mersilou Homestay and Walai Tokou Homestay were chosen to be used as a place of study to review factors youth engagement in the homestay program. Data collection was through interviews in partial structures. Data were analyzed using NviVo 10 software and based on certain themes. The findings shown that there were several factors which drive engagement of youth in the homestay program in terms of interests, income, parental encouragement and comfort working in their own areas. In conclusion, the engagement of youth in the homestay program is based on the factors discovered in the study.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T20:07:39Z
format Article
id uthm-4381
institution Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T20:07:39Z
publishDate 2017
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling uthm-43812021-12-02T04:10:46Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4381/ Youth driven engagement in the homestay program Harun, Hairuddin Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid Mohd Noor, Siti Noor Fazelah Bokhari, Norzella Nik Soh, Nik Zulkarnain G154.9 - 155.8 Travel and state. Tourism Community-based tourism (CBT) is one of the tourist attracting ways involving local community which aims to develop and to enhance the era as well as to bring renewal to the local community. It includes the involvement of youth. CBT comes in various types and this study was conducted to find how CBT can create youth engagement in the homestay program. There were various factors that motivate youth to participate in homestay program. This study involved one case study of a qualitative study conducted in a district in Sabah, namely in Kundasang. In this study, Mersilou Homestay and Walai Tokou Homestay were chosen to be used as a place of study to review factors youth engagement in the homestay program. Data collection was through interviews in partial structures. Data were analyzed using NviVo 10 software and based on certain themes. The findings shown that there were several factors which drive engagement of youth in the homestay program in terms of interests, income, parental encouragement and comfort working in their own areas. In conclusion, the engagement of youth in the homestay program is based on the factors discovered in the study. 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4381/1/AJ%202017%20%28149%29%20Youth%20driven%20engagement%20in%20the%20homestay%20program.pdf Harun, Hairuddin and Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid and Mohd Noor, Siti Noor Fazelah and Bokhari, Norzella and Nik Soh, Nik Zulkarnain (2017) Youth driven engagement in the homestay program. Jurnal Pendidikan Teknologi dan Kejuruan, 23 (3). pp. 250-256. ISSN 0854-4735
spellingShingle G154.9 - 155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
Harun, Hairuddin
Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid
Mohd Noor, Siti Noor Fazelah
Bokhari, Norzella
Nik Soh, Nik Zulkarnain
Youth driven engagement in the homestay program
title Youth driven engagement in the homestay program
title_full Youth driven engagement in the homestay program
title_fullStr Youth driven engagement in the homestay program
title_full_unstemmed Youth driven engagement in the homestay program
title_short Youth driven engagement in the homestay program
title_sort youth driven engagement in the homestay program
topic G154.9 - 155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4381/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4381/1/AJ%202017%20%28149%29%20Youth%20driven%20engagement%20in%20the%20homestay%20program.pdf