Rural Tourism In Malaysia: Towards Sustaining The Local Economy

With the decline in agricultural productivity and other rural employment sectors, many rural areas worldwide have moved towards tourism as a strategy to boost their waning economy. A combination of factors has propelled the trend towards rural tourism including the anxieties of urban lifestyles, int...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Fatimah, Badarulzaman, Nurwati, Hj. Ali, Kausar
Other Authors: Kim, Chuan Goh
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Language:English
Published: Pearson Prentice Hall 2006
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spelling my.usm.eprints.27573 http://eprints.usm.my/27573/ Rural Tourism In Malaysia: Towards Sustaining The Local Economy Hassan, Fatimah Badarulzaman, Nurwati Hj. Ali, Kausar HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management LC5800-5808 Distance education. With the decline in agricultural productivity and other rural employment sectors, many rural areas worldwide have moved towards tourism as a strategy to boost their waning economy. A combination of factors has propelled the trend towards rural tourism including the anxieties of urban lifestyles, interest in cultural heritage and cultural roots, improved transportation and communication systems, increases environmental consciousness and nature appreciation. Pearson Prentice Hall Kim, Chuan Goh Yongvanit, Sekson 2006 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/27573/1/Rural_Tourism_in_Malaysia.pdf Hassan, Fatimah and Badarulzaman, Nurwati and Hj. Ali, Kausar (2006) Rural Tourism In Malaysia: Towards Sustaining The Local Economy. In: Change and Development in Southeast Asia in an Era of Globalisation. Pearson Prentice Hall, Singapore, pp. 229-250. ISBN 981-06-7677-8
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
LC5800-5808 Distance education.
spellingShingle HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
LC5800-5808 Distance education.
Hassan, Fatimah
Badarulzaman, Nurwati
Hj. Ali, Kausar
Rural Tourism In Malaysia: Towards Sustaining The Local Economy
description With the decline in agricultural productivity and other rural employment sectors, many rural areas worldwide have moved towards tourism as a strategy to boost their waning economy. A combination of factors has propelled the trend towards rural tourism including the anxieties of urban lifestyles, interest in cultural heritage and cultural roots, improved transportation and communication systems, increases environmental consciousness and nature appreciation.
author2 Kim, Chuan Goh
author_facet Kim, Chuan Goh
Hassan, Fatimah
Badarulzaman, Nurwati
Hj. Ali, Kausar
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author Hassan, Fatimah
Badarulzaman, Nurwati
Hj. Ali, Kausar
author_sort Hassan, Fatimah
title Rural Tourism In Malaysia: Towards Sustaining The Local Economy
title_short Rural Tourism In Malaysia: Towards Sustaining The Local Economy
title_full Rural Tourism In Malaysia: Towards Sustaining The Local Economy
title_fullStr Rural Tourism In Malaysia: Towards Sustaining The Local Economy
title_full_unstemmed Rural Tourism In Malaysia: Towards Sustaining The Local Economy
title_sort rural tourism in malaysia: towards sustaining the local economy
publisher Pearson Prentice Hall
publishDate 2006
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