Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions

Island tourism is fast becoming popular among tourists, and for Malaysia this provides a fertile avenue for further extension of her tourism industry. This study examined the attractions and development of tourism in Pangkor Island, Perak as perceived by international tourists. A total of 125 male...

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Main Authors:	Jabil Mapjabil, Badariah Ab Rahman, Mohamad Pirdaus Yusoh, Mazdi Marzuki, Mohd Zulhalmi Ibrahim, Harifah Mohd Noor
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Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9560/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9560/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9560/1/10.geografia-si-nov15-jabil_et_al-edam.pdf

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spelling	ukm-95602016-12-14T06:50:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9560/ Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions Jabil Mapjabil, Badariah Ab Rahman, Mohamad Pirdaus Yusoh, Mazdi Marzuki, Mohd Zulhalmi Ibrahim, Harifah Mohd Noor, Island tourism is fast becoming popular among tourists, and for Malaysia this provides a fertile avenue for further extension of her tourism industry. This study examined the attractions and development of tourism in Pangkor Island, Perak as perceived by international tourists. A total of 125 male and female international tourists was administered with questionnaires to provide primary data for the study. The findings revealed the beaches as the the main attraction features (53.9%) followed by water recreational activities (5.8%), local food (4.5%), wildlife (3.9%), and low-cost, good accommodation and weather (1.9%, respectively). On the minus side, 36.25% of the respondents pointed to garbage and dirty coastal environment as major problems of Pangkor, besides the lack of beach facilities (21.3%). Nevertheless, field observations of foreign tourists’ activities in Pangkor showed that generally the foreign tourists were satisfied with the island’s tourism development as depicted by their snorkelling, banana boat ride, island hopping, sun bathing and trail hiking activities. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9560/1/10.geografia-si-nov15-jabil_et_al-edam.pdf Jabil Mapjabil, and Badariah Ab Rahman, and Mohamad Pirdaus Yusoh, and Mazdi Marzuki, and Mohd Zulhalmi Ibrahim, and Harifah Mohd Noor, (2015) Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 11 (12). pp. 100-111. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2015&vol=11&issue=12&ver=loc
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description	Island tourism is fast becoming popular among tourists, and for Malaysia this provides a fertile avenue for further extension of her tourism industry. This study examined the attractions and development of tourism in Pangkor Island, Perak as perceived by international tourists. A total of 125 male and female international tourists was administered with questionnaires to provide primary data for the study. The findings revealed the beaches as the the main attraction features (53.9%) followed by water recreational activities (5.8%), local food (4.5%), wildlife (3.9%), and low-cost, good accommodation and weather (1.9%, respectively). On the minus side, 36.25% of the respondents pointed to garbage and dirty coastal environment as major problems of Pangkor, besides the lack of beach facilities (21.3%). Nevertheless, field observations of foreign tourists’ activities in Pangkor showed that generally the foreign tourists were satisfied with the island’s tourism development as depicted by their snorkelling, banana boat ride, island hopping, sun bathing and trail hiking activities.
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author	Jabil Mapjabil, Badariah Ab Rahman, Mohamad Pirdaus Yusoh, Mazdi Marzuki, Mohd Zulhalmi Ibrahim, Harifah Mohd Noor,
spellingShingle	Jabil Mapjabil, Badariah Ab Rahman, Mohamad Pirdaus Yusoh, Mazdi Marzuki, Mohd Zulhalmi Ibrahim, Harifah Mohd Noor, Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions
author_facet	Jabil Mapjabil, Badariah Ab Rahman, Mohamad Pirdaus Yusoh, Mazdi Marzuki, Mohd Zulhalmi Ibrahim, Harifah Mohd Noor,
author_sort	Jabil Mapjabil,
title	Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions
title_short	Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions
title_full	Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions
title_fullStr	Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions
title_full_unstemmed	Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions
title_sort	tourism attractions and development of pangkor island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions
publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9560/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9560/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9560/1/10.geografia-si-nov15-jabil_et_al-edam.pdf
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Tourism attractions and development of Pangkor Island: a study of foreign tourists’ perceptions

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