THE EVALUATION OF BEACHES IN NORTHERN MALAYSIA

Authors

  • Badaruddin Mohamed School of Housing, Building and Planning Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Rahmat Azam Mustafa School of Housing, Building and Planning UNIVERSITI SA!NS MALAYSIA
  • Aldrin Abdullah School of Housing, Building & Planning UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
  • A. Ghafar Ahmad School of Housing, Building and Planning UNIVERSITI SA!NS MALAYSIA
  • Shida Irwana Omar School of Housing, Building and Planning UNIVERSITI SA!NS MALAYSIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v2i1.41

Keywords:

Tourism Products, Tourism Resources

Abstract

This paper reports on findings of an IRP A Long Term Research that among others, aims at ranking natural tourism resources found in the states of Penang, Kedah and Perlis. Selected tangible resources such as beaches and waterfalls \Vere assessed using structured evaluation sheets. This paper discusses the methods and approaches utilized in assessing the products. Five evaluating factors that were used to determine product attractiveness and quality include transportation & accessibility, accommodation, facilities & infrastructure, tourist activities and physical features. The resulting quantitative rankings can assist tourism planners and marketers in planning and plotting potential tourist routes and developing more integrated regional tourism products.

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2006-05-30

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Mohamed, B., Mustafa, R. A., Abdullah, A., Ahmad, A. G., & Omar, S. I. (2006). THE EVALUATION OF BEACHES IN NORTHERN MALAYSIA. PLANNING MALAYSIA, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v2i1.41

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Vol. 2 (2004): PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL : Volume 2, 2004

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