Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay

The development of rural tourism has always been considered as one of the important agendas of Malaysia development. Over the past decades, many strategies and programs were introduced by the government to eradicate the issue of poverty in among rural communities. The strategy to bring together rura...

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Main Authors:	Othman, Muhammad Hanif, Mohamad, Noorihsan, Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Ariffin, Muhammad Irwan
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Utara Malaysia 2017
Subjects:	HD72 Economic growth, development, planning
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/70057/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70057/1/Proceeding%20extracted%20version%20-%20ICORE%202017.pdf

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spelling	iium-700572019-04-01T01:04:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70057/ Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay Othman, Muhammad Hanif Mohamad, Noorihsan Ghani, Gairuzazmi Ariffin, Muhammad Irwan HD72 Economic growth, development, planning The development of rural tourism has always been considered as one of the important agendas of Malaysia development. Over the past decades, many strategies and programs were introduced by the government to eradicate the issue of poverty in among rural communities. The strategy to bring together rural communities in community-based tourism is one of them. Through the communities’ participation in homestay program, it is expected that the rural villagers could benefit in diversifying their source of income. To date, the homestay program in Malaysia has grown tremendously and has become as one of the main tourism products. In general, the homestay programs not only benefited the operators but also the surrounding communities. This paper explores the impact of homestay programs that were extended to the local and nearby communities using a specific case study of the Banghuris area in Sepang, Selangor. Using quantitative design, data from the respondents were analyzed using the principal component analysis in determining the dominant impacts to rural communities. The finding shows that homestay programs has positively affected the surrounding communities especially in terms of environment, economy, social and culture. Furthermore, this homestay program can also solve rural problems which are on improving public facilities, accessibility and employment opportunity. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70057/1/Proceeding%20extracted%20version%20-%20ICORE%202017.pdf Othman, Muhammad Hanif and Mohamad, Noorihsan and Ghani, Gairuzazmi and Ariffin, Muhammad Irwan (2017) Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay. In: 4th International Conference On Rural Development And Entrepreneurship (ICORE2017), Alor Setar, Kedah.
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spellingShingle	HD72 Economic growth, development, planning Othman, Muhammad Hanif Mohamad, Noorihsan Ghani, Gairuzazmi Ariffin, Muhammad Irwan Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay
description	The development of rural tourism has always been considered as one of the important agendas of Malaysia development. Over the past decades, many strategies and programs were introduced by the government to eradicate the issue of poverty in among rural communities. The strategy to bring together rural communities in community-based tourism is one of them. Through the communities’ participation in homestay program, it is expected that the rural villagers could benefit in diversifying their source of income. To date, the homestay program in Malaysia has grown tremendously and has become as one of the main tourism products. In general, the homestay programs not only benefited the operators but also the surrounding communities. This paper explores the impact of homestay programs that were extended to the local and nearby communities using a specific case study of the Banghuris area in Sepang, Selangor. Using quantitative design, data from the respondents were analyzed using the principal component analysis in determining the dominant impacts to rural communities. The finding shows that homestay programs has positively affected the surrounding communities especially in terms of environment, economy, social and culture. Furthermore, this homestay program can also solve rural problems which are on improving public facilities, accessibility and employment opportunity.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Othman, Muhammad Hanif Mohamad, Noorihsan Ghani, Gairuzazmi Ariffin, Muhammad Irwan
author_facet	Othman, Muhammad Hanif Mohamad, Noorihsan Ghani, Gairuzazmi Ariffin, Muhammad Irwan
author_sort	Othman, Muhammad Hanif
title	Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay
title_short	Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay
title_full	Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay
title_fullStr	Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay
title_full_unstemmed	Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay
title_sort	evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: a case study of banghuris homestay
publisher	Universiti Utara Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/70057/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70057/1/Proceeding%20extracted%20version%20-%20ICORE%202017.pdf
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Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay

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