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This paper is an exploratory study with the aim to examine travel motivation, travel difficulty and destination preference among the disabled community in Kuala Lumpur. A questionnaire was derived from focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and literature review. The questionnaires were distributed using convenience sampling and 176 of them returned and analyzed. The majority of respondents are young, pre-dominantly male and unemployed. They do take holidays especially to domestic destinations and most times accompanied by friends and family members. Disabled people face considerable difficulty especially in terms of accessibility and finance. The main travel motivations are to see new places and to relax, and the most preferred destination is nature. The result reveals significant relationships between the components of destination preference with the components of travel motivation and travel difficulty. It is proposed that both government and society should intensify the present effort to raise the living standard of disabled people, to improve general accessibility, and to increase public awareness of disabled people's equal status in the society. The disabled themselves also should be out there in the public scene to further justify their needs of accessible facilities and infrastructure.

Conceptualising responsible rural tourism in Asia / Vikneswaran Nair, Ghazali Musa & Amran Hamzah -- Responsible rural tourism in Bhutan : aligning gross national happiness with the Cape Town principles / Sarah Schiffling, Chris Phelan & Karma Pema Loday -- Crown Cave, Guilin : a Chinese perspective on responsible rural tourism / Trevor H.B. Sofield & Fung Mei Sarah Li -- Responsible rural tourism in Japan's tea villages / Lee Jolliffe & Moe Nakashima -- Community garden experience during the off-peak tourism rainy season at Hoi An Heritage Town, Vietnam / Thu Thi Trinh -- Responsible rural tourism initiatives and local community development in Kerala, India / Anu Treesa George, Terry DeLacy & Min Jiang -- Linking responsible rural tourism to agritourism in the Philippines : a case study of Costales Nature Farms / Miguela M. Mena & Charmielyn C. Sy -- Is community-based tourism a tool for the sustainability of the local community and the local economy? The case of Coruh Valley, Turkey / Sıla Karacaoğlu & Medet Yolal -- Community characteristics, social cohesion and the success of community-based tourism : case studies of Vietnam / Tramy Ngo & Nguyen Thi Huyen -- Conversations with the local champions of Miso Walai Homestay : responsible tourism in practice / Amran Hamzah -- 'MlupBaitong' : a pioneer in responsible rural tourism in Cambodia / Trevor H.B. Sofield -- Can tourism be a success story? Stakeholders' management and narratives of rural tourism. Reflexive analysis of a tourism project in Timor Leste / Frederic Bouchon -- The constructs of responsible rural tourism governance for Belum-Temengor Forest Reserve, Malaysia / Joo-Ee Gan & Vikneswaran Nair -- The quest for an essentially Asian form of rural tourism / Amran Hamzah, Vikneswaran Nair & Ghazali Musa.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Conceptualizing Responsible Rural Tourism in Asia -- 2 Responsible Rural Tourism in Bhutan: Aligning Gross National Happiness with the Cape Town Principles -- 3 Crown Cave, Guilin: A Chinese Perspective on Responsible Rural Tourism -- 4 Responsible Rural Tourism in Japan's Tea Villages -- 5 Community Garden Experience During the Off -Peak Tourism Rainy Season at Hoi An Heritage Town, Vietnam -- 6 Responsible Rural Tourism Initiatives and Local Community Development in Kerala, India -- 7 Linking Responsible Rural Tourism to Agritourism in the Philippines: A Case Study of Costales Nature Farms -- 8 Is Community-Based Tourism a Tool for the Sustainability of the Local Community and the Local Economy? The Case of Coruh Valley, Turkey -- 9 Community Characteristics, Social Cohesion and the Success of Community-Based Tourism: Case Studies of Vietnam -- 10 Conversations with the Local Champions of Miso Walai Homestay: Responsible Tourism in Practice -- 11 'MlupBaitong' – A Pioneer in Responsible Rural Tourism in Cambodia -- 12 Can Tourism be a Success Story? Stakeholders' Management and Narratives of Rural Tourism. Refl exive Analysis of a Tourism Project in Timor Leste -- 13 The Constructs of Responsible Rural Tourism Governance for Belum-Temengor Forest Reserve, Malaysia -- 14 The Quest for an Essentially Asian Form of Rural Tourism -- Index

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the extent to which the nation branding activities of export promotion organisations (EPOs), investment agencies (IAs), national tourism organisations (NTOs) and embassies follow the principle of coordination that characterises an integrated marketing communications approach. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative exploratory approach was taken, comprising face‐to‐face in‐depth interviews with key informants from five Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) involved in the implementation of nation branding communications in terms of export promotion, tourism, investment attraction and public diplomacy. Findings: Seven key dimensions of interorganisational coordination in a nation branding context emerge from our results. These dimensions include sector, organisation domicile, mode, strategy formulation, nature, frequency and target audience. Research limitations/implications: The relatively small dataset as well as the restricted geographic scope of the study limits the generalisability of the findings; further research is required to ascertain whether the findings of this study also apply in other settings. Practical implications: Enhanced coordination needs to occur not only between the different governmental organisations engaged in nation branding strategy, but also between those organisations and their respective private sector stakeholders.

Considering the growing global biodiversity crisis, citizen science initiatives have emerged as powerful tools for long-term ecological data collection involving non-experts in research. "USM Campus Nature Challenge", a collaborative effort led by the USM Library in partnership with the School of Biological Sciences and the Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, aimed to create awareness about ecological concerns and biodiversity conservation within the university community by documenting biodiversity at USM's main campus. Methodologically, the project organized a 6-week 'bio blitz' event open to citizen scientists to explore the flora and fauna of USM's diverse campus habitats while cataloging species through the iNaturalist app. The results revealed that plant species dominated the observations, constituting 64.9% of recorded biodiversity and reflecting the rich botanical diversity on the USM campus. Further observations included insects (10.4%), fungi (7.6%), birds (6.3%), and various other species, underscoring the complexity of the ecological web of the campus. An evaluation of data quality revealed that 36.6% of the species identifications were categorized as "Research Grade", 47.8% were designated as needing further identification, and 15.7% were graded as "casual". In conclusion, the project leveraged the approach to create more public awareness about local ecological concerns and to strengthen the University community's connection to nature. This USM Library's pilot initiative closely aligns with the Open Science movement related to citizen science in Malaysia.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Editors and Contributors -- Introduction -- Section 1: Issues in Marine Ecotourism -- 1. Defining Marine Ecotourism: A Delphi Study -- 2. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Dilemmas for Marine Ecotourism -- 3. Planning Policy Issues for Marine Ecotourism -- 4. An Assessment of the Framework, Legislation and Monitoring Required to Develop Genuinely Sustainable Whalewatching -- 5. A Methodology for the Determining the Recreational Carrying Capacity of Wetlands María José Viñals, Maryland -- Section 2: Experiences with Marine Ecotourism -- 6. NGOs as Conservation Agents: Achieving Conservation through Marine Ecotourism -- 7. Sipadan: An Over-exploited Scuba-diving Paradise? An Analysis of Tourist Impact, Diver Satisfaction and Management Priorities -- 8. Marine Ecotourism through Education: A Case Study of Divers in the British Virgin Islands -- 9. Reconciling Communities' Expectations of Ecotourism: Initiating a Planning and Education Strategy for the Avoca Beach Rock Platform -- 10. Community Participation in Marine Ecotourism Development in West Clare, Ireland -- 11. Marine Ecotourism and Regional Development: A Case Study of the Marine Park Project, Malvan, Maharashtra, India -- 12. Developing Sustainable Whalewatching in the Shannon Estuary -- 13. Marine Ecotourism Potential in the Waters of South Devon and Cornwall -- 14. Scuba diving: An Alternative Form of Coastal Tourism for Greece? -- 15. Marine Ecotourism in New Zealand: An Overview of the Industry and its Management -- Conclusions -- Index