Fresh Water Fish Intake And Dishes Preferences Among Local Community: A Preliminary Study Of Tourists attraction in traditional dishes for homestay Kampung Batu Ring, Beng, Lenggong, Perak
Local foods is a vital element that helping and creating a sense of ‘place’ and heighten destination appeal. Local foods produce adds authenticity to the tourists for sharing experience and attract them to come to those place. Traditional food or local food is a parts of variety culture in Malays...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/35057/1/HBP47.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/35057/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Local foods is a vital element that helping and creating a sense of ‘place’
and heighten destination appeal. Local foods produce adds authenticity to
the tourists for sharing experience and attract them to come to those place.
Traditional food or local food is a parts of variety culture in Malaysia. It
shows that the local community has its own uniqueness. Therefore it should
be opened and sharing together either between the local community from
other states or from the tourist views for attractions the places. An objective
of the study were ; (1) To identify the type of freshwater fish intake, (2) To
determine dishes preference using freshwater fish among villagers at
Homestayed Kampung Batu Ring, Beng, Lenggong. The study was conducted
through questionnaires to 25 respondents in the village. The result showed
that common freshwater fish consumed are Tengalan (Puntius wool), Loma
(Thynnichthys thynnoides), Terbol (Osteochilus hasselti) and others fish such
as Catfish, Tilapia, Kaloi, Baung and Patin. The most popular fresh water
fish is responds for Tengalan fish. This fish when cooked with coconut gravy
(masak lemak) is the most preference dishes indicated by respondents.
Therefore, fresh water fish and traditional dishes that already exist there and
has been a natural culture among villagers shall point out for promoting
Lenggong city for tourism such as homestay program. These finding is
important in branding Lenggong as a World Heritage Site. |
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