Using tourism as a mechanism to reduce poaching and hunting: a case study of the Tidong community, Sabah

• Main Authors: Mohamed, Maryati, Hamzah, Zulhazman, Prideaux, Bruce, Saikim, Fiffy Hanisdah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016
• Subjects: G154.9 - 155.8 Travel and state. Tourism
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4497/1/AJ%202016%20%2848%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4497/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S1745-354220160000012010
• Institution: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

"In Sabah, Malaysia, illegal hunting has increased in recent years putting considerable pressure on large mammal populations. The causes for this phenomenon lie in increasing rural poverty, ineffective policies to regulate hunting, as well as a ready market for many wildlife products in the...