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Assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia

Lojing Highlands is blessed with the richness of biodiversity and hold a potential as one of the ecotourism hotspots in Malaysia. For the past 10 years, the venture into Lojing Highlands had always been to participate in tourism based on specific natural attraction such a Rafllesia. The objectives of...

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Main Author: Aina Yasmin Yusup
Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/4898/
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spelling my.umk.eprints.48982022-05-23T08:36:37Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/4898/ Assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia Aina Yasmin Yusup Lojing Highlands is blessed with the richness of biodiversity and hold a potential as one of the ecotourism hotspots in Malaysia. For the past 10 years, the venture into Lojing Highlands had always been to participate in tourism based on specific natural attraction such a Rafllesia. The objectives of this study were, to assess the perception of the local community (Orang Asli) towards ecotourism in Lojing Highlands and to determine the benefits derived by local community as a result form ecotourism. Field observation and questionnaire were used to collect data for this study. The data have been analysed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Result shows that only 3.4% of local communities received benefits through ecotourism in term of employment opportunities such as tour guide. Other 96.6% of them are not involved in tourism sector. They are working with commercial farms scattered within Lojing Highlands. In addition, local communities had neutral or somewhat to agree on perception towards ecotourism in Lojing Highlands with mean value of3.0847. Ecotourism in Lojing Highlands is solely based on a single component of tourism that is adventure tourism to Rafllesia trail. From this stage of ecotourism development, the study shows that local community are not yet receive any benefits from ecotourism. Therefore, several recommendations have been suggested to improve and enhance more recreational or tourism activities in Lojing Highlands. 2018 Undergraduate Final Project Report NonPeerReviewed Aina Yasmin Yusup (2018) Assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia. Final Year Project thesis, Faculty of Earth Sciences. (Submitted)
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description Lojing Highlands is blessed with the richness of biodiversity and hold a potential as one of the ecotourism hotspots in Malaysia. For the past 10 years, the venture into Lojing Highlands had always been to participate in tourism based on specific natural attraction such a Rafllesia. The objectives of this study were, to assess the perception of the local community (Orang Asli) towards ecotourism in Lojing Highlands and to determine the benefits derived by local community as a result form ecotourism. Field observation and questionnaire were used to collect data for this study. The data have been analysed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Result shows that only 3.4% of local communities received benefits through ecotourism in term of employment opportunities such as tour guide. Other 96.6% of them are not involved in tourism sector. They are working with commercial farms scattered within Lojing Highlands. In addition, local communities had neutral or somewhat to agree on perception towards ecotourism in Lojing Highlands with mean value of3.0847. Ecotourism in Lojing Highlands is solely based on a single component of tourism that is adventure tourism to Rafllesia trail. From this stage of ecotourism development, the study shows that local community are not yet receive any benefits from ecotourism. Therefore, several recommendations have been suggested to improve and enhance more recreational or tourism activities in Lojing Highlands.
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Assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia
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title Assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort assesment on local community perception of ecotourism in lojing highlands, kelantan, peninsular malaysia
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