Rural Tourism in Malaysia

Medical Tourism in Malaysia: Prospect and Challenges

BACKGROUND Tourism, combined with the phrase medical, seems to be a new form of tourism which has gained huge popularity in recent decades. Though, a number of literatures available with regard to the tourism industry and the competitiveness of the destination, however, the major aspects which determine the satisfaction of medical tourists are hardly focused specifically on Malaysia. There is a...

Dynamic Panel Data Analysis Of European Tourism Demand In Malaysia

Young Adults in Rural Tourism Areas Young Adults in Rural Tourism Areas

Peter Möller (2016), Young adults in rural tourism areas. Örebro Studies in Human Geography 10. This thesis examines how tourism affects conditions for young adults in rural areas. Such a study lies at the intersection of research about tourism impacts, adult transition, and rural areas. The aim is to examine how largescale tourism affects the opportunities for young adults living in rural area...

Rural Tourism — 10 Years On

The rural, a diminishing global resource, provides us with an increasingly important environment for tourism. On the supply side, its impacts, both positive and negative, are well documented, widely debated and the subjects of an increasing literature. Often overlooked, however, are the benefits to rural visitors, the welfare effects of improved mental and physical well-being that are the widel...

Experiential tourism standards: the perceptions of rural tourism providers

This paper presents the results of an exploratory study of the perceptions of a group of rural Kansas tourism providers to a set of twenty experiential tourism standards. The results of the exploratory study are examined and discussed in the context of current experiential tourism literature and implications for future research are discussed. Finally, implications for management practice are re...