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Bidayuh community's social capital development towards sustainable indigenous tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia

The aim of this study is to holistically understand the role of social capital and resources in influencing the sustainable indigenous tourism practice of the Bidayuh indigenous community in Malaysia. Lack of specific study on Bidayuh community and tourism participation has created a significant jus...

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Main Authors: Johari, Shazali, Kunasekaran, Puvaneswaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28153/1/Bidayuh%20community%27s%20social%20capital%20development%20towards%20sustainable%20indigenous%20tourism%20in%20Sarawak%2C%20Malaysia.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:28153 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28153/ Bidayuh community's social capital development towards sustainable indigenous tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia Johari, Shazali Kunasekaran, Puvaneswaran The aim of this study is to holistically understand the role of social capital and resources in influencing the sustainable indigenous tourism practice of the Bidayuh indigenous community in Malaysia. Lack of specific study on Bidayuh community and tourism participation has created a significant justification for this study as they are the main stakeholders of the rural setting. This study employs a quantitative approach for data elicitation and analysis. Pearson correlation is used as the statistical analysis to measure the relationship of linking, bridging and bonding of the community towards sustainable tourism practice. Overall, the social capital variables had average and strong relationship with the sustainable indigenous tourism dimensions. The community believe that tourism is a dominant tool to develop social capital. However, they are still dependent on the support of outsiders to develop the social capital. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28153/1/Bidayuh%20community%27s%20social%20capital%20development%20towards%20sustainable%20indigenous%20tourism%20in%20Sarawak%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Johari, Shazali and Kunasekaran, Puvaneswaran (2019) Bidayuh community's social capital development towards sustainable indigenous tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 7 (5S). pp. 351-353. ISSN 2277-3878 https://www.ijrte.org/download/volume-7-issue-5s/
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description The aim of this study is to holistically understand the role of social capital and resources in influencing the sustainable indigenous tourism practice of the Bidayuh indigenous community in Malaysia. Lack of specific study on Bidayuh community and tourism participation has created a significant justification for this study as they are the main stakeholders of the rural setting. This study employs a quantitative approach for data elicitation and analysis. Pearson correlation is used as the statistical analysis to measure the relationship of linking, bridging and bonding of the community towards sustainable tourism practice. Overall, the social capital variables had average and strong relationship with the sustainable indigenous tourism dimensions. The community believe that tourism is a dominant tool to develop social capital. However, they are still dependent on the support of outsiders to develop the social capital.
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author Johari, Shazali
Kunasekaran, Puvaneswaran
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Bidayuh community's social capital development towards sustainable indigenous tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia
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Kunasekaran, Puvaneswaran
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title Bidayuh community's social capital development towards sustainable indigenous tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short Bidayuh community's social capital development towards sustainable indigenous tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full Bidayuh community's social capital development towards sustainable indigenous tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Bidayuh community's social capital development towards sustainable indigenous tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia
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publisher Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28153/1/Bidayuh%20community%27s%20social%20capital%20development%20towards%20sustainable%20indigenous%20tourism%20in%20Sarawak%2C%20Malaysia.pdf
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