Impacts and roles of community-based ecotourism in Pantai Cunang, Selangor / Angelena Jawai Anak Aloh

Angelena Jawai, Alo (2023) Impacts and roles of community-based ecotourism in Pantai Cunang, Selangor / Angelena Jawai Anak Aloh. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaya.

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Abstract

This study aims to highlight the application of community-based management approaches in ecotourism in Pantai Cunang and its impact on the environment and indigenous communities in Pantai Cunang. This area was chosen because ecotourism in Pantai Cunang has been fully managed by the Mah Meri community of the Orang Asli Village of Tanjung Sepat for a long time before the development of ecotourism was carried out. To conduct this study, three main objectives have been stated, namely; i) to analyze the impact of community-based ecotourism on the environment and socioeconomics of communities Local Mah Meri on Pantai Cunang, ii) to investigate the role of local communities in community-based ecotourism management in Pantai Cunang, and iii) to study stakeholders’ perceptions of community-based ecotourism management in Pantai Cunang. The researcher has used primary and secondary data collection methods from questionnaires, interview sessions, and references to articles and websites. Descriptive analysis, Pearson Correlation, multi regression, thematic analysis and indicators were used to analyse the data. Through this study, it has been found that community-based ecotourism in Pantai Cunang has received positive outlook from the stakeholders and it also has a relatively minimal negative impact on environmental and socio-economic aspects. However, community involvement in ecotourism management in Pantai Cunang is minimal due to the main employment opportunities in the study area being relatively limited. Therefore, various suggestions are also made in this study.

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