Suchergebnisse

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.

Stakeholders' perceptions towards tourism development within destinations have been emphasized by researchers and practitioners. However, literature has only focused local residents' role in tourism development, leaving a gap in knowledge on stakeholders' engagement in tourism development process. This study investigates stakeholders' perceptions, attitudes and involvement in tourism development for a mature Malaysian beach resort destination. Using a survey, 231 responses from different stakeholders in the destination were collected and used for statistical analysis. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to get tourism development factors including attachment to community, involvement of government, inclination towards tourism development, and attitude towards tourism development. It was followed by cluster analysis, which revealed three groups, including Optimists, Favorers and Nay-Sayers representing different levels of perceptions, attitudes and involvement towards tourism development. The findings of this study reiterated the importance of developing a tourism development strategy that is in line with the needs and wants of the stakeholders. These findings and conclusions may be beneficial for tourism policymakers in Malaysia and elsewhere where critical need for stakeholder management exists.