Local Communities’ Involvement in Ecotourism around Tanjung Datu National Park : Potentials and Challenges
The aim of this paper is to explore the potentials and challenges of local communities’ involvement in ecotourism around Tanjung Datu National Park (TDNP). Using three separate interviews, this qualitative study involved three major entities participated in ecotourism activities around TDNP. Interv...
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my.unimas.ir.452452024-07-15T02:59:28Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45245/ Local Communities’ Involvement in Ecotourism around Tanjung Datu National Park : Potentials and Challenges Wan Sofiah, Meor Osman Wan Robiah, Meor Osman Rosita, Hamdan Muhammad Asraf, Abdullah Wong, Swee Kiong Bistari, Mahmood H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races The aim of this paper is to explore the potentials and challenges of local communities’ involvement in ecotourism around Tanjung Datu National Park (TDNP). Using three separate interviews, this qualitative study involved three major entities participated in ecotourism activities around TDNP. Interviews were conducted among the local communities (17 participants) and business owners (7 participants) from two villages located at the vicinity of TDNP namely Kg. Telok Serabang and Kg. Telok Melano, as well as both local and international tourists (19 participants) who visited TDNP. The preliminary findings indicate that ecotourism around TDNP has indirectly contributed to livelihoods of local communities. There are potentials and challenges in terms of communities’ involvement for the tourism-based economy to sustain itself. UNIMAS Publisher Siti Akmar Khadijah, Ab Rahim Ahmad Syafiq, Ahmad Nasir 2024 Book Chapter PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45245/1/Local%20Communities.pdf Wan Sofiah, Meor Osman and Wan Robiah, Meor Osman and Rosita, Hamdan and Muhammad Asraf, Abdullah and Wong, Swee Kiong and Bistari, Mahmood (2024) Local Communities’ Involvement in Ecotourism around Tanjung Datu National Park : Potentials and Challenges. In: Tanjung Datu National Park to Samunsam. Proceeding of Aquatic Science Colloquium 2019 (AQUAColl 2019) Experience Sharing in Aquatic Science Research V . UNIMAS Publisher, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, pp. 1-16. ISBN 978-967-0054-79-7 |
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The aim of this paper is to explore the potentials and challenges of local communities’ involvement in ecotourism around Tanjung Datu National Park (TDNP). Using three separate interviews, this qualitative study involved three major entities participated in ecotourism activities around TDNP.
Interviews were conducted among the local communities (17 participants) and business owners (7 participants) from two villages located at the vicinity of TDNP namely Kg. Telok Serabang and Kg. Telok Melano, as well as both local and international tourists (19 participants) who visited TDNP. The preliminary findings indicate that ecotourism around TDNP has indirectly contributed to livelihoods of local communities. There are potentials and challenges in terms of
communities’ involvement for the tourism-based economy to sustain itself. |
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Local Communities’ Involvement in Ecotourism around Tanjung Datu National Park : Potentials and Challenges |
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Local Communities’ Involvement in Ecotourism around Tanjung Datu National Park : Potentials and Challenges |
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