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Environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Tourism provides opportunities for local regional development but as the brisk growth it exerts pressure on environmental and cultural resources. The environmental problems have reached over the limit of pressure where the natural ecosystem is unable to absorb the stresses of accelerating economic...

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Main Authors: Mohd Nayan, Noorul Iffa, Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy, Abdullah, Alias, Chee, Hon Loong
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Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2011
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G Geography (General)
GV Recreation Leisure
NA Architecture
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spelling my.iium.irep.187532021-07-27T11:43:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/18753/ Environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia Mohd Nayan, Noorul Iffa Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy Abdullah, Alias Chee, Hon Loong G Geography (General) GV Recreation Leisure NA Architecture Tourism provides opportunities for local regional development but as the brisk growth it exerts pressure on environmental and cultural resources. The environmental problems have reached over the limit of pressure where the natural ecosystem is unable to absorb the stresses of accelerating economic growth and human population rapid growth. Thus, it leads to the evolvement of the term 'sustainability' in any kind of development. Theoretically, tourism needs to be developed which focus on managing and controlling tourism growth pertaining to the capacity of local systems to sustain the growth; a balanced development to meet both needs. Environmental Tourism carrying capacity (ETCC) is regarded to be as a management tool which involves dynamic elements of decision makings on tourist destinations and its consequential elements. The use of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in this research examines significant indicators which have strong characteristics in scientifically defensible and valuable in management. This paper demonstrates the ETCC survey model by amalgamation of three sources with the deliberation of criteria for indicators selection. The survey model analyses the ecosystem resilience at Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia. The structural framework proposes to be implemented in demonstrating the limits of environmental tourism carrying capacity at the park. IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/18753/1/Enviromental_Tourism.pdf Mohd Nayan, Noorul Iffa and Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy and Abdullah, Alias and Chee, Hon Loong (2011) Environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia. In: Tourism and Architecture. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 27-35. ISBN 978-967-418-131-4 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
building IIUM Library
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider International Islamic University Malaysia
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language English
topic G Geography (General)
GV Recreation Leisure
NA Architecture
spellingShingle G Geography (General)
GV Recreation Leisure
NA Architecture
Mohd Nayan, Noorul Iffa
Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy
Abdullah, Alias
Chee, Hon Loong
Environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
description Tourism provides opportunities for local regional development but as the brisk growth it exerts pressure on environmental and cultural resources. The environmental problems have reached over the limit of pressure where the natural ecosystem is unable to absorb the stresses of accelerating economic growth and human population rapid growth. Thus, it leads to the evolvement of the term 'sustainability' in any kind of development. Theoretically, tourism needs to be developed which focus on managing and controlling tourism growth pertaining to the capacity of local systems to sustain the growth; a balanced development to meet both needs. Environmental Tourism carrying capacity (ETCC) is regarded to be as a management tool which involves dynamic elements of decision makings on tourist destinations and its consequential elements. The use of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in this research examines significant indicators which have strong characteristics in scientifically defensible and valuable in management. This paper demonstrates the ETCC survey model by amalgamation of three sources with the deliberation of criteria for indicators selection. The survey model analyses the ecosystem resilience at Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia. The structural framework proposes to be implemented in demonstrating the limits of environmental tourism carrying capacity at the park.
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author Mohd Nayan, Noorul Iffa
Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy
Abdullah, Alias
Chee, Hon Loong
author_facet Mohd Nayan, Noorul Iffa
Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy
Abdullah, Alias
Chee, Hon Loong
author_sort Mohd Nayan, Noorul Iffa
title Environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
title_short Environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
title_full Environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
title_fullStr Environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in Royal Belum State Park, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
title_sort environmental tourism carrying capacity study by using multi criteria evaluation approach in royal belum state park, perak darul ridzuan, malaysia
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/18753/1/Enviromental_Tourism.pdf
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