A. Khadar, Nur Zafirah and Jaafar, Mastura and Mohamad, Diana
(2014)
Consciousness towards Socio-Economic Impact Propensity:
The Langkawi Island.
SHS Web of Conferences, 12 (01103).
pp. 1-6.
ISSN 2261-2424
Abstract
This study evaluates the socio-economic impact of tourism development on
the tourist perceptions in Oriental Village, Langkawi Island. Socio-economic impacts are
the consequences of either the tourism industry development or the presence of tourists in
a particular destination, which resulted from the host-tourist relationship. Data for this
research was generated using quantitative techniques and divided into 3 parts of
instruments. Part A includes the demographic profile of respondents, Part B contains
perceptions and opinions in economic and social impatcs and the last part was Part C
where consists tourism utility assessment in social, economy and transportation. Simple
frequency of mean and paired sample -test analysis were used to analyse the data
generated for the study. The findings of the analysis proved that tourism development had
a significant effect on the socio-economic impact and on the tourists’ perceptions in
Oriental Village, Langkawi Island. In addition, it is viewed that public participation must
be encouraged by tourism developers and planners to ensure the sustainability of tourism
development in the community. Thus, this paper aims to give emphasis on the
establishment of standard social guidelines within the tourism development framework for
the purpose of preserving and protecting the social and economic values.
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