TY - JOUR
T1 - Comprehending the responsible tourism practices through principles of sustainability
T2 - A case of Kinabalu Park
AU - Tay, Kai Xin
AU - Chan, Jennifer Kim Lian
AU - Vogt, Christine
AU - Mohamed, Badaruddin
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to extend their appreciation to the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia under the Long Term Research Grant Scheme 2011 [LRGS grant no: JPT.S (BPKI)2000/09/01/015Jld.4(67) ] and the Universiti Sains Malaysia for the Research University Grant entitled ‘Tourism Capacity and Impact Studies’ [grant no. 1001/PTS/8660011 ] that makes this study and paper possible.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - This study initiates a research into the practices of responsible tourism in the UNESCO National Park, a place with high levels of biodiversity and value that is worthy of preservation. The responsible tourism definitions, practices and challenges emerged through an intense scrutiny of textual data, which were collected through in-depth interviews with 25 tour operators and park management. Results indicated that responsibility was constructed around the principles of sustainability, or a reification of, ecological friendliness, economical viability and sociocultural amicability in Kinabalu Park, Sabah. Finally, the paper exemplified three implication practices to boost responsible tourism development in Kinabalu Park and other similar parks.
AB - This study initiates a research into the practices of responsible tourism in the UNESCO National Park, a place with high levels of biodiversity and value that is worthy of preservation. The responsible tourism definitions, practices and challenges emerged through an intense scrutiny of textual data, which were collected through in-depth interviews with 25 tour operators and park management. Results indicated that responsibility was constructed around the principles of sustainability, or a reification of, ecological friendliness, economical viability and sociocultural amicability in Kinabalu Park, Sabah. Finally, the paper exemplified three implication practices to boost responsible tourism development in Kinabalu Park and other similar parks.
KW - Case study
KW - Park management
KW - Tour operators
KW - World Natural Heritage Site
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tmp.2015.12.018
DO - 10.1016/j.tmp.2015.12.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84954445975
SN - 2211-9736
VL - 18
SP - 34
EP - 41
JO - Tourism Management Perspectives
JF - Tourism Management Perspectives
ER -