Performance of community resources indicators for tourism development: a case study of Mah Meri community in Carey, Island, Malaysia

This paper presents the significant role of community resources which is utilized by the Mah Meri community in Pulau Carey, Malaysia to practice sustainable tourism. Mah Meri is one of the 18 indigenous tribes in Peninsular Malaysia that resides at Kampung Sungai Bumbon which is a well established i...

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Main Authors: Kunasekaran, Puvaneswaran, Gill, Sarjit S., Ramachandran, Sridar, Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi, Prabhakaran, Sudesh
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Language:English
Published: IDOSI Publications 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13886/1/Performance%20of%20community%20resources%20indicators%20for%20tourism%20development%20a%20case%20study%20of%20Mah%20Meri%20community%20in%20Carey%2C%20Island%2C%20Malaysia.pdf
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author Kunasekaran, Puvaneswaran
Gill, Sarjit S.
Ramachandran, Sridar
Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi
Prabhakaran, Sudesh
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Ramachandran, Sridar
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description This paper presents the significant role of community resources which is utilized by the Mah Meri community in Pulau Carey, Malaysia to practice sustainable tourism. Mah Meri is one of the 18 indigenous tribes in Peninsular Malaysia that resides at Kampung Sungai Bumbon which is a well established indigenous tourism destination in Malaysia. Survey which was used as the qualitative data collection method helped the researchers to understand the community resources which can encourage sustainable tourism practice. Community resources consisting of cultural, natural, infrastructure, financial and human resources were tested. This study reveals that the community is proud of its natural and cultural resources. However, the community also feels that their tourism business is facing a threat because of scarcity of necessary natural resources. It is hoped that the findings of this study will contribute to existing literature in the indigenous tourism ground that could improve the sector into a more beneficial source of income for the indigenous community.
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spelling upm.eprints-138862018-08-14T08:51:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13886/ Performance of community resources indicators for tourism development: a case study of Mah Meri community in Carey, Island, Malaysia Kunasekaran, Puvaneswaran Gill, Sarjit S. Ramachandran, Sridar Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi Prabhakaran, Sudesh This paper presents the significant role of community resources which is utilized by the Mah Meri community in Pulau Carey, Malaysia to practice sustainable tourism. Mah Meri is one of the 18 indigenous tribes in Peninsular Malaysia that resides at Kampung Sungai Bumbon which is a well established indigenous tourism destination in Malaysia. Survey which was used as the qualitative data collection method helped the researchers to understand the community resources which can encourage sustainable tourism practice. Community resources consisting of cultural, natural, infrastructure, financial and human resources were tested. This study reveals that the community is proud of its natural and cultural resources. However, the community also feels that their tourism business is facing a threat because of scarcity of necessary natural resources. It is hoped that the findings of this study will contribute to existing literature in the indigenous tourism ground that could improve the sector into a more beneficial source of income for the indigenous community. IDOSI Publications 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13886/1/Performance%20of%20community%20resources%20indicators%20for%20tourism%20development%20a%20case%20study%20of%20Mah%20Meri%20community%20in%20Carey%2C%20Island%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Kunasekaran, Puvaneswaran and Gill, Sarjit S. and Ramachandran, Sridar and Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi and Prabhakaran, Sudesh (2017) Performance of community resources indicators for tourism development: a case study of Mah Meri community in Carey, Island, Malaysia. World Applied Sciences Journal, 35. pp. 10-15. ISSN 1818-4952; ESSN: 1991-6426 https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj35(SEIHT)2017.htm 10.5829/idosi/wasj.seiht.2017.10.15
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Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi
Prabhakaran, Sudesh
Performance of community resources indicators for tourism development: a case study of Mah Meri community in Carey, Island, Malaysia
title Performance of community resources indicators for tourism development: a case study of Mah Meri community in Carey, Island, Malaysia
title_full Performance of community resources indicators for tourism development: a case study of Mah Meri community in Carey, Island, Malaysia
title_fullStr Performance of community resources indicators for tourism development: a case study of Mah Meri community in Carey, Island, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Performance of community resources indicators for tourism development: a case study of Mah Meri community in Carey, Island, Malaysia
title_short Performance of community resources indicators for tourism development: a case study of Mah Meri community in Carey, Island, Malaysia
title_sort performance of community resources indicators for tourism development a case study of mah meri community in carey island malaysia
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