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Conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in Malaysia

There is a growing belief to change the fast-paced tourism activities to a slower pace in order to appreciate the beauty of slowing down during vacations. The image of rural destinations is socially constructed to have a slower level of consumption than urban destinations. Therefore, there is a poss...

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Main Authors: Farah Atiqah, M. N. *, Vikneswaran, N., Mura, Paolo
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Published: American Scientific Publishers 2015
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G Geography (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1388/
http://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2015.6046
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spelling my.sunway.eprints.13882020-09-29T05:18:23Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1388/ Conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in Malaysia Farah Atiqah, M. N. * Vikneswaran, N. Mura, Paolo G Geography (General) There is a growing belief to change the fast-paced tourism activities to a slower pace in order to appreciate the beauty of slowing down during vacations. The image of rural destinations is socially constructed to have a slower level of consumption than urban destinations. Therefore, there is a possibility that rural destinations are an idealistic setting or landscape to facilitate slow tourism aside from urban destinations. This study is looking into initiating the slow tourism conceptual framework to investigate the suitability of pursuing slow tourism activity in a rural destination. The objective was obtained through the method of thematic analysis of slow tourism literatures in order to construct an ideal framework that can be used for slow tourism. The findings from the study can be proposed as an initial guide for the local authority to position slow tourism as one of the attractions of rural destinations. American Scientific Publishers 2015-04-01 Article PeerReviewed Farah Atiqah, M. N. * and Vikneswaran, N. and Mura, Paolo (2015) Conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in Malaysia. Advanced Science Letters, 21 (5). pp. 1185-1188. ISSN 1936-6612 http://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2015.6046 doi:10.1166/asl.2015.6046
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topic G Geography (General)
spellingShingle G Geography (General)
Farah Atiqah, M. N. *
Vikneswaran, N.
Mura, Paolo
Conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in Malaysia
description There is a growing belief to change the fast-paced tourism activities to a slower pace in order to appreciate the beauty of slowing down during vacations. The image of rural destinations is socially constructed to have a slower level of consumption than urban destinations. Therefore, there is a possibility that rural destinations are an idealistic setting or landscape to facilitate slow tourism aside from urban destinations. This study is looking into initiating the slow tourism conceptual framework to investigate the suitability of pursuing slow tourism activity in a rural destination. The objective was obtained through the method of thematic analysis of slow tourism literatures in order to construct an ideal framework that can be used for slow tourism. The findings from the study can be proposed as an initial guide for the local authority to position slow tourism as one of the attractions of rural destinations.
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author Farah Atiqah, M. N. *
Vikneswaran, N.
Mura, Paolo
author_facet Farah Atiqah, M. N. *
Vikneswaran, N.
Mura, Paolo
author_sort Farah Atiqah, M. N. *
title Conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in Malaysia
title_short Conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in Malaysia
title_full Conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in Malaysia
title_fullStr Conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in Malaysia
title_sort conceptualizing a framework for slow tourism in a rural destination in malaysia
publisher American Scientific Publishers
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1388/
http://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2015.6046
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