Is Sustainable Tourism Development Important for an Emerging Economy? A Study in Malaysia on Factors Affecting Locals’ Attitude

Q4 Business, Management and Accounting

International Journal of Business and Management Science Pub Date : 2023-02-28 DOI:10.26666/rmp.ijbm.2023.1.4

Teo Poh-Chuin,, Theresa C.F. Ho, Ling Suan Choo

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The tourism industry has been recognized as one of the most contributing industries to many countries in the world. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has badly hit the tourism industry, which has deteriorated its performance since 2019. Many countries are moving toward the endemic phase, including Malaysia, and they are opening the country border again to the global travelers. This study aims to examine the attitude of Malaysians toward the country’s tourism development, whereby the influence of perceived sustainable local community development, specifically on economic impact, social impact, and environmental impact, was examined. Based on data collected from a total of 210 survey responses using purposive sampling, economic impact and environmental impact have shown significant positive influence on the attitude of the locals. Implications to policy makers, researchers and market practitioners have also discussed in this study. This paper ends with discussion on research limitations and recommendations for future researchers.

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旅游业可持续发展对新兴经济体重要吗?马来西亚影响当地人态度的因素研究

旅游业已被公认为对世界上许多国家贡献最大的产业之一。然而，2019冠状病毒病大流行严重打击了旅游业，自2019年以来，旅游业的表现一直在恶化。包括马来西亚在内的许多国家正在进入流行阶段，他们正在重新向全球游客开放边境。本研究旨在考察马来西亚人对国家旅游发展的态度，由此考察了感知到的可持续当地社区发展的影响，特别是对经济影响、社会影响和环境影响的影响。根据目的性抽样共收集的210份调查答复的数据，经济影响和环境影响对当地人的态度显示出显著的积极影响。本研究亦讨论了对政策制定者、研究者及市场实践者的启示。本文最后讨论了研究的局限性和对未来研究者的建议。

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