Preservation of Malaysian handicraft to support tourism development

Handicraft depicting local culture and heritage is able to embellish tourism development. Instead of depending solely on government initiative, development of the handicraft industry can be driven by entrepreneurs. Handicraft skills among people in rural areas can benefit greatly from enhanced entr...

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Main Authors:	Hassan, Hasliza, Siow-Kian, Tan, Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir, Sade, Abu Bakar
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Inderscience 2016
Subjects:	HF Commerce HF5001 Business. Business Administration
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spelling	iium-497192018-05-24T02:33:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/49719/ Preservation of Malaysian handicraft to support tourism development Hassan, Hasliza Siow-Kian, Tan Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir Sade, Abu Bakar HF Commerce HF5001 Business. Business Administration Handicraft depicting local culture and heritage is able to embellish tourism development. Instead of depending solely on government initiative, development of the handicraft industry can be driven by entrepreneurs. Handicraft skills among people in rural areas can benefit greatly from enhanced entrepreneurial skills, especially as a means to develop the overall socio-economic status. This research is based on an analysis of secondary findings on challenges in developing the handicraft industry among local entrepreneurs, particularly those from rural areas. It also explores the prospects of preserving cultural identity through transforming the handicraft industry.The value of traditional handicraft can be preserved through enhancing the role of entrepreneurs but young people seem to lack interest in the handicraft industry. This research suggests that society needs to change its perception to regard entrepreneurs dealing with handicrafts as a well-respected profession. Inderscience 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/49719/1/Int._J._Entrepreneurship_and_Small_Business%2C.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/49719/2/International_Journal_of_Entrepreneurship_and_Small_Business_%28IJESB%29_-_Inderscience_Publishers.pdf Hassan, Hasliza and Siow-Kian, Tan and Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir and Sade, Abu Bakar (2016) Preservation of Malaysian handicraft to support tourism development. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. pp. 1-16. ISSN 1476-1297 (In Press) http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijesb
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description	Handicraft depicting local culture and heritage is able to embellish tourism development. Instead of depending solely on government initiative, development of the handicraft industry can be driven by entrepreneurs. Handicraft skills among people in rural areas can benefit greatly from enhanced entrepreneurial skills, especially as a means to develop the overall socio-economic status. This research is based on an analysis of secondary findings on challenges in developing the handicraft industry among local entrepreneurs, particularly those from rural areas. It also explores the prospects of preserving cultural identity through transforming the handicraft industry.The value of traditional handicraft can be preserved through enhancing the role of entrepreneurs but young people seem to lack interest in the handicraft industry. This research suggests that society needs to change its perception to regard entrepreneurs dealing with handicrafts as a well-respected profession.
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author	Hassan, Hasliza Siow-Kian, Tan Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir Sade, Abu Bakar
author_facet	Hassan, Hasliza Siow-Kian, Tan Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir Sade, Abu Bakar
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title	Preservation of Malaysian handicraft to support tourism development
title_short	Preservation of Malaysian handicraft to support tourism development
title_full	Preservation of Malaysian handicraft to support tourism development
title_fullStr	Preservation of Malaysian handicraft to support tourism development
title_full_unstemmed	Preservation of Malaysian handicraft to support tourism development
title_sort	preservation of malaysian handicraft to support tourism development
publisher	Inderscience
publishDate	2016
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