Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the tourism life cycle of Langkawi Island,
Malaysia. The paper seeks to investigate the stages of life cycle that the island has passed …

Tourism is an important mechanism for economic development and the creation of
employment opportunities in many countries. Many developing countries have also tried to …

Sažetak Community participation is regarded as an important tool for successful tourism
planning. Western scholars generally agree that active community participation in the …

This paper presents findings from a study that was undertaken to investigate residents'
attitudes toward the impacts of tourism in Langkawi Island, Malaysia. In order to gain reliable …

Nowadays, tourism is always regarded as an important means to benefit local communities.
The success of the developed countries in expanding tourism industry has inspired many …

Nowadays, the questions of reliability and validity of the measures used for measuring
attitude toward tourism have been the main issues in studying tourism impacts. As reported …

Based on a study conducted in Langkawi Island, this chapter attempts to track the progress
of tourism development of the island since 1986 until year 2004. Although the government …

Two key issues were identified and discussed further. These are:(1) the benefits of tourism
development; and (2) the costs of tourism development. The analysis also found that despite …

This study identifies the benefits and costs of tourism development in the Langkawi Islands
of Malaysia. A survey was conducted on 40 tourism stakeholders from March to July 2004 …