INTRODUCTION Malaysia has long been one of the world’s best kept tourism secrets. It is an ideal tourism destination in so many different respects as it offers a wide range of diverse attraction to suit all tastes and most importantly‚ at relatively affordable prices. Figure 1: Map of Malaysia Lying just north of the equator‚ Malaysia is located at the south of Cambodia and Vietnam and north of Singapore and Indonesia. More than one thousand islands are part of Malaysia with some 38 designated
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Tourism differs from travel in the following aspects: • Reason to travel: It can be anything but remuneration from the place visited. • It requires a change from familiar environment. • Period of stay: The least would be one day and maximum would be a year. General growth of tourism in India In recent years tourism in India has shot up at lightening speed. India has succeeded in becoming the most preferred place amongst domestic and overseas traveler. Tourism exposes the international traveler
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Malaysia is rich with diverse natural attractions which become an asset to the country’s tourism industry. This is recognized by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)‚ who declared Malaysia as;“a destination full of unrealized potential” Malaysia is also abound in historical monuments such as old buildings from the era of Portuguese and British colonization‚ especially in the cities like Kuala Lumpur‚ Melaka‚ Pulau Pinang and Taiping. In addition‚ there are also the remains of ancient settlements
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TOURISM INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA : THE EXPERIENCE AND THECHALLENGERobiah Hj. Suratman Department of Land Administration and DevelopmentFaculty Geoinformation and Real EstateUniversity Technology of Malaysia‚ Skudai Johor MALAYSIA. Introduction Tourism has become one of the world¶s largest and fastest growing industries. Thetourism industry is globally a rapid growing industry and contributes to the economicenhancement as well as generates employment opportunities‚ apart from contributes to thedevelopment
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Tourism Industry of Malaysia (Background) The early 70s spelt the beginning of a `new era`. The old Tourism Department of 1959 was then upgraded into the Tourism Development Corporation. The formation of the Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) in 1972 and placing it under the purview of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI) for strategic planning and focus charted a new era in the history of the tourism industry. That was the same year Malaysia Airlines was formed (1972). It was the dawn
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How can we promote tourism in malaysia As we know‚malaysia is one of the famous country that has own attractive such as culture‚language and religion. firstly‚ people of malaysia have very important role to promote tourism in the country.They must be friendly and ever ready to welcome tourism with open arm to the country.malaysian must be helpful and polite because it give a good impression to tourist when they set their foot for a holiday here. next‚ it is an open secret that many tourist
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The Positive and Negative Impacts of Sports Development in Malaysia and How It Boosts the Country’s Tourism Industry. Events Tourism is essentially an event that is staged by the destination to appeal and benefit from visitors‚ domestic and international. The event is the visitor’s primary purpose or motive for visiting‚ with the destination receiving either positive or negative impacts as a consequence of hosting it (McCartney‚ 2011). There are no doubt many events in Malaysia that enhance the
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Environmental Impacts and Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism The paper intends to study the environmental impacts and sustainable development of rural tourism. As Wall (2006) mentions‚ there are large quantities of research papers on economic impacts of tourism. Besides‚ considerable statistics greatly ease the analyses and measurements. The environmental impacts of tourism have been paid more and more attention in recent years; but due to debate on indicators and some other objective barriers
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IMPACT OF TOURISM ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Fe Zuly 2011 Abstract Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity in 2008‚ there were over 922 million international tourist arrivals‚ with a growth of 1.9% as compared to 2007. International tourism receipts grew to US$944 billion (euro 642 billion) in 2008‚ corresponding to an increase in real terms of 18%. This paper is purposed to explain about impact of tourism including advantages and disadvantages. This impact
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INTRODUCTION (OVERWIEW) Situated on the beautiful island of Borneo‚ Sabah is one of the thirteen states which Malaysia is made of. Sabah is the second largest state in Malaysia and shares the island of Borneo with Sarawak‚ Brunei‚ and Indonesian Kalimantan. Sabah is richly blessed with nature diversity‚ unique cultures‚ fun adventure‚ beautiful beaches‚ and fantastic cuisines for the adventurous taste buds. We have it all‚ from the world’s largest flower - the Rafflesia‚ one of the highest mountains
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