Pro-Poor Tourism: A Case Study of Melaka UNESCO World Heritage City

The concept of Pro-Poor Tourism has been significant for over 10 years. The concept has been given a priority at every level of tourism agenda in most less developed as well as developing countries, as it is believed that involving the poor community can eradicate poverty. Malaysia’s ‘vision 2020’ a...

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Main Authors:	Amir, Syakir, Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Bachok, Syahriah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/38923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/38923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/38923/1/ISSN_2226-6577_ISBM_Proceeding_%281%29.pdf

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spelling	iium-389232018-06-19T04:28:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38923/ Pro-Poor Tourism: A Case Study of Melaka UNESCO World Heritage City Amir, Syakir Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Bachok, Syahriah H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences The concept of Pro-Poor Tourism has been significant for over 10 years. The concept has been given a priority at every level of tourism agenda in most less developed as well as developing countries, as it is believed that involving the poor community can eradicate poverty. Malaysia’s ‘vision 2020’ aspiration to join the league of developed nation that was inspired by former Prime Minister, Mahathir two decades ago struggling herself to eradicate the poor, and becoming as a high income developed nation. The primary aim of this study addresses exploring Melaka as the best example in implementing the Pro-Poor Tourism in Malaysia. A state that has been claimed as UNESCO World Heritage City in 2008 has successfully decreased the poverty rate from 1.8% in 2007 to 0.1% in 2012. Correlation result between poverty rates and tourist arrivals before and after the UNESCO declaration shows the tourist arrival gives a significant contribution to the decrease of poor. In fact, Melaka State Government with state tourism players have proposed various strategies and programs to attract domestic as well as foreign tourists. This effort has swiftly increase poor to participate in the tourism industry. 2014-04-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38923/1/ISSN_2226-6577_ISBM_Proceeding_%281%29.pdf Amir, Syakir and Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Bachok, Syahriah (2014) Pro-Poor Tourism: A Case Study of Melaka UNESCO World Heritage City. In: 2014 International Symposium on Business and Management (ISBM 2014), 2-4 April 2014, Nagoya, Japan. http://www.tw-knowledge.org.isbm2014
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description	The concept of Pro-Poor Tourism has been significant for over 10 years. The concept has been given a priority at every level of tourism agenda in most less developed as well as developing countries, as it is believed that involving the poor community can eradicate poverty. Malaysia’s ‘vision 2020’ aspiration to join the league of developed nation that was inspired by former Prime Minister, Mahathir two decades ago struggling herself to eradicate the poor, and becoming as a high income developed nation. The primary aim of this study addresses exploring Melaka as the best example in implementing the Pro-Poor Tourism in Malaysia. A state that has been claimed as UNESCO World Heritage City in 2008 has successfully decreased the poverty rate from 1.8% in 2007 to 0.1% in 2012. Correlation result between poverty rates and tourist arrivals before and after the UNESCO declaration shows the tourist arrival gives a significant contribution to the decrease of poor. In fact, Melaka State Government with state tourism players have proposed various strategies and programs to attract domestic as well as foreign tourists. This effort has swiftly increase poor to participate in the tourism industry.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Amir, Syakir Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Bachok, Syahriah
author_facet	Amir, Syakir Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Bachok, Syahriah
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title	Pro-Poor Tourism: A Case Study of Melaka UNESCO World Heritage City
title_short	Pro-Poor Tourism: A Case Study of Melaka UNESCO World Heritage City
title_full	Pro-Poor Tourism: A Case Study of Melaka UNESCO World Heritage City
title_fullStr	Pro-Poor Tourism: A Case Study of Melaka UNESCO World Heritage City
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title_sort	pro-poor tourism: a case study of melaka unesco world heritage city
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