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Ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia

Ecotourism practices might be one of the important tools to sustain the natural heritage of an island environment. It has potential to flourish the tourism industry as well as providing revenue to a country. Besides that, the naturalness of the island landscapes can be continuously experienced and c...

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Main Authors: Othman, Jamilah, Ahmad Kamaruddin, NurEmira
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2016
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G Geography (General)
GE Environmental Sciences
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/50084/4/50084.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50084/
http://www.iium.edu.my/sites/default/files/FRONT%20PAGE%20OF%20ILTC%202016%20&%20TABLE%20OF%20CONTENTS.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.500842017-01-16T01:20:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50084/ Ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia Othman, Jamilah Ahmad Kamaruddin, NurEmira G Geography (General) GE Environmental Sciences Ecotourism practices might be one of the important tools to sustain the natural heritage of an island environment. It has potential to flourish the tourism industry as well as providing revenue to a country. Besides that, the naturalness of the island landscapes can be continuously experienced and conserved. Perhaps, more island ecotourism developments should be promoted considering these importance. The establishment of relevant environmental policies and acts are also essential in supporting the maintenance and protection of natural resources with scenic value. Preliminary review of 26 journal articles explores the potential of adopting the ecotourism principles. So far, it is found that more theoretical studies are conducted on the issues. Thus, this paper suggests that more pragmatic studies should be collaborated between the local authorities and academics. The focused would be sustaining the scenic beauty of sensitive environments such as Pulau Langkawi. 2016-01-21 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50084/4/50084.pdf Othman, Jamilah and Ahmad Kamaruddin, NurEmira (2016) Ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia. In: International Language and Tourism Conference 2016 (ILTC 2016), 21st-22nd January 2016, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/sites/default/files/FRONT%20PAGE%20OF%20ILTC%202016%20&%20TABLE%20OF%20CONTENTS.pdf
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic G Geography (General)
GE Environmental Sciences
spellingShingle G Geography (General)
GE Environmental Sciences
Othman, Jamilah
Ahmad Kamaruddin, NurEmira
Ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia
description Ecotourism practices might be one of the important tools to sustain the natural heritage of an island environment. It has potential to flourish the tourism industry as well as providing revenue to a country. Besides that, the naturalness of the island landscapes can be continuously experienced and conserved. Perhaps, more island ecotourism developments should be promoted considering these importance. The establishment of relevant environmental policies and acts are also essential in supporting the maintenance and protection of natural resources with scenic value. Preliminary review of 26 journal articles explores the potential of adopting the ecotourism principles. So far, it is found that more theoretical studies are conducted on the issues. Thus, this paper suggests that more pragmatic studies should be collaborated between the local authorities and academics. The focused would be sustaining the scenic beauty of sensitive environments such as Pulau Langkawi.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Othman, Jamilah
Ahmad Kamaruddin, NurEmira
author_facet Othman, Jamilah
Ahmad Kamaruddin, NurEmira
author_sort Othman, Jamilah
title Ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia
title_short Ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia
title_full Ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia
title_fullStr Ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia
title_sort ecotourism to sustain scenic beauty of pulau langkawi, malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/50084/4/50084.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50084/
http://www.iium.edu.my/sites/default/files/FRONT%20PAGE%20OF%20ILTC%202016%20&%20TABLE%20OF%20CONTENTS.pdf
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