Designing an ecotourism initiative to create economic incentives for forest conservation/ Huda Farhana MM and Mohd Parid M

MM, Huda Farhana and M, Mohd Parid (2022) Designing an ecotourism initiative to create economic incentives for forest conservation/ Huda Farhana MM and Mohd Parid M. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts, 14 (1). pp. 244-261. ISSN 1985-8914 ; 2590-3837

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Abstract

Forest reserves and protected areas have significant ability as the effective nature conservation strategies especially in conserving forest habitats. Many alternatives were developed to improve habitat destruction in forest environments, including empowerment of local communities’ participation. The research aims to create financial incentives to strengthen the local community's involvement using conservation financing approach in ecotourism strategies at Ulu Tampik Waterfall (UTW), Lentang Forest Reserve, Bentong, Pahang. It also discusses strategies adopted in empowering locals for ecotourism purposes by implication conserving the forest reserve for Primary data and baseline information were collected through rapid rural appraisal, focus group discussion and field research to estimate the economic benefits of preserving the forest area based on public preferences. It examined 149 respondents (January 2018) to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for natural resource conservation using the contingent valuation method (CVM). A few initiatives also were adopted to empower local community including stakeholders’ consultation workshops, technical visits and study tours to Malaysia’s best practices community-based ecotourism from 2018 to the latest event in 2021. Such programmes indirectly educate and empower local community’s knowledge, experience and support in natural resource conservation.

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Item Type: Article
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MM, Huda Farhana
ladyfarhana@gmail.com
M, Mohd Parid
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Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) > Travel. Voyages and travels (General) > Travel and state. Tourism
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) > Travel. Voyages and travels (General) > Ecotourism
H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory. Demography > Demographic surveys
S Agriculture > SD Forestry > Environmental aspects of forestry
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor > Puncak Alam Campus > Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA)
ISSN: 1985-8914 ; 2590-3837
Volume: 14
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 244-261
Keywords: Nature-based tourism, community-based ecotourism, capacity building, social forestry, conservation
Date: May 2022
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68152
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