Characteristic of tourist movement pattern in Muar royal town, Johor
The movement and mobility of human on the earth always continuously occurred due to of the needs as a human being. The movement creates relationship between human emotional values with visited places. However, tourists nowadays face limitation in their movement of journey while visiting plenty of...
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| Language: | English |
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EM International
2022
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/99133/7/99133_Characteristic%20of%20tourist%20movement%20pattern%20in%20Muar.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/99133/ http://www.envirobiotechjournals.com/EEC/vol28issue1/EEC-9.pdf |
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| Institution: | Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The movement and mobility of human on the earth always continuously occurred due to of the needs as a
human being. The movement creates relationship between human emotional values with visited places.
However, tourists nowadays face limitation in their movement of journey while visiting plenty of attractions
especially in Muar Royal Town, Johor. This article aims to determine the characteristic of tourist movement
pattern in Muar Royal Town, Johor. This research applied a qualitative method through a semi-structured
interview with seven respondents who have visited Muar, Johor. The result demonstrates the characteristic
of tourist’s movement pattern has a significant interaction in investigating the visiting characteristic as well
as the spatial data and movement. In the macro level movement pattern, the findings indicate that Muar
has the potential to be developed as a one day and three days one-night destination. Thus, it has positively
affected to tourism destination management for improving the travel package for domestic and international
tourists. The main contribution of this research is using the interview technique in investigating the complex
visitor mobility during travel that related to the physical environment factor such as attractions, route and
accessibility, and mode of transportation which effected by tourists’ movement behavior pattern. |
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