Developing criteria and indicators for responsible rural tourism in Taman Negara National Park (TNNP), Malaysia

• Main Authors: Siow, May Ling, Zainol Abidin, Zaaba, Nair, Vikneswaran, Ramachandran, Sridar, Shuib, Ahmad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48411/1/Developing%20criteria%20and%20indicators%20for%20responsible%20rural%20tourism%20in%20Taman%20Negara%20National%20Park%20%28TNNP%29%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48411/

The tourism industry in Malaysia is being transformed from low yield to high yield income. With the launch of the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), Malaysia is set to achieve high income nation status by the end of the decade. Rural tourism and ecotourism is growing at a phenomenal rate in Ma...