Study on tourism development and its impacts towards residents’ quality of life in Pulau Perhentian / Abhar Husaini Abd Hamid, Muhammad Akmal Mohaidin and Mohd Hafizuddin Che Beroni

Quality of Life of host community is a crucial issue when developing an area. This study focuses on the most effective tourism developments that give the greatest impact towards Quality of Life. The aim of this study is to determine the most effective tourism development, in facts, the Quality of Life among residents’ through the developments. To analyze the data, the researcher used SPSS software version 21.0. According to the results, the most effective tourism development is through its environmental (0.620), followed by social (0.616), cultural (0.478), and economic (0.449). 180 overall respondents have participated in the study questionnaire. The study has found that there is a relationship between tourism development and residents' quality of life in Pulau Perhentian.