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Factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in Malaysia.

This paper attempts to investigate the factors that influence hotel managers’ attitudes towards sustainable tourism practices (STP) in Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor in Malaysia. The study distributes 104 questionnaires to hotels ranging from one star to five-star categories including budg...

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Main Authors: Samdin, Zaiton, Abdu Bakori, Kasimu, Hassan, Hamimah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27715/1/ID%2027715.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.277152014-06-19T00:38:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27715/ Factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in Malaysia. Samdin, Zaiton Abdu Bakori, Kasimu Hassan, Hamimah This paper attempts to investigate the factors that influence hotel managers’ attitudes towards sustainable tourism practices (STP) in Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor in Malaysia. The study distributes 104 questionnaires to hotels ranging from one star to five-star categories including budget hotels. Out of this figure, 60 copies of the questionnaires were returned and analyzed. The finding revealed that of all the seven factors investigated, only the variables measuring incentives and knowledge have significantly influenced sustainable tourism practices in the country. Therefore, government and other green bodies within the country should continue to provide hotels with incentives for sound technologies. Moreover, the government agencies should continue to educate hoteliers on the relevance of environmental protection for the successful implementation of sustainable tourism practices. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27715/1/ID%2027715.pdf Samdin, Zaiton and Abdu Bakori, Kasimu and Hassan, Hamimah (2012) Factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Economics, Business Management and Marketing, 13-14 May 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (pp. 30-33). English
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description This paper attempts to investigate the factors that influence hotel managers’ attitudes towards sustainable tourism practices (STP) in Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor in Malaysia. The study distributes 104 questionnaires to hotels ranging from one star to five-star categories including budget hotels. Out of this figure, 60 copies of the questionnaires were returned and analyzed. The finding revealed that of all the seven factors investigated, only the variables measuring incentives and knowledge have significantly influenced sustainable tourism practices in the country. Therefore, government and other green bodies within the country should continue to provide hotels with incentives for sound technologies. Moreover, the government agencies should continue to educate hoteliers on the relevance of environmental protection for the successful implementation of sustainable tourism practices.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Samdin, Zaiton
Abdu Bakori, Kasimu
Hassan, Hamimah
spellingShingle Samdin, Zaiton
Abdu Bakori, Kasimu
Hassan, Hamimah
Factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in Malaysia.
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Abdu Bakori, Kasimu
Hassan, Hamimah
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title Factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in Malaysia.
title_short Factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in Malaysia.
title_full Factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in Malaysia.
title_fullStr Factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in Malaysia.
title_sort factors influencing environmental management practices among hotels in malaysia.
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27715/1/ID%2027715.pdf
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