...Table of contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Types of rural tourism in a homestay program 4 3. The benefits of the homestay program 5 4. The involvement of local community in rural tourism 7 5. The future growth of rural tourism in Malaysia 7 6. Banghuris homestay, Selangor 8 7. Conclusion 10 8. References 11 1. Introduction Rural tourism in Malaysia usually there is a lot of rural families, which equips with assets distinctive and varied. In addition to that rural tourism is a famous and beloved among tourists, where tourists can be more relax and see some of the rural traditions and identify the nature of rural life. Therefore, these factors make rural tourism loveable and desirable have a lot of tourists for the valuable information that attract the tourists in order to know this tourism more (Songan, et al., 2014). In fact at the mention of rural tourism, it is significant to refer to the homestay in Malaysia. Homestay is considered one of the important inputs for the country because it brought attention to a lot of foreign tourists and locals as well. In fact, the Ministry of Tourism of Malaysian government in 1988 approved the homestay project and it being considered an important factor in the strategy of the country, where bring a lot of benefits and is considered an important stewardship of the country. In fact, there are two types of the homestay offers in Malaysia. One of the homestay type is a comfortable guest house that will be rented from the owner...
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...HomestayGemas 3 2.0 Issues in Homestay Gemas 4 2.1 Environmental issues/impacts 4 2.1.1 The concept of carrying capacity and limits of acceptable change 4 2.1.2 Design and construction of physical facilities 4 2.1.3 Sustainable and environmental responsibility 4 2.2 Socio-cultural issues/impacts 4 2.2.1 Manpower training 4 2.3 Economic issues/impacts 4 2.3.1 Self-financing mechanisms 4 2.3.2 Marketing and promotional strategies 5 2.4 Others 5 2.4.1 Inter-sectoral participation 5 2.4.2 Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in sustainability 5 2.4.3 Specific legal modifications 5 3.0 Conclusion 8 References 8 Bibliography 8 Appendices 8 Table of Figure Figure 1 Gemas Map 1.0 Background of Homestay Gemas Gemas is a small town in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, near the Negeri Sembilan-Johor border and about 50 km south of Kuala Lumpur. Gemas is divided to Gemas Lama and Gemas Baru. Gemas Lama is located in Johor and Gemas Baru is located in Negeri Sembilan. Gemas is the entryway from the south through railway. Since the existence of the Gemas railway station 1922, it is very well known as the ‘railway junction’. The station is a major landmark to many who wants to visit the place. Gemas, consisting of four villages – Kampung Ladang, Kampung Ulu Ladang, Kampung Bangkahulu and Kampung Londah, has 26 houses in total that are involved in the homestay programme. These villages have been involved in this homestay programme since 2006. Hence...
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...was published in The interdisciplinary journal of study abroad. Homestay means international students live with residents for a period of time. The article illustrated the difference with men and women who are study abroad about home stay experience. Most of participants came from South America and Spanish speaking countries. * * The writer used quantitative and qualitative date for investigation. Moreover, the author did some questionnaires. There were roughly 3500 students who answer the questions and there were only 18% of male answered the questionnaires. Quantitative data express that information is consist of numbers. However the qualitative data means that figures are essential attribute. * * Whether students were satisfied with the homestay or not depend on the atmosphere of home, and the characteristics. Furthermore how the host treated to the new member is anther important element. The main reason that they chose to live with homestay fragment they wanted to live with locals. Even there was a problem, they still stayed with homestay, but they may change host families. In their opinions, home stayed play an important role in learning about the country’s culture and improving language skills. Host families and students affect mutually. Most of the foreign students suggest to living with homestay. * * Through quantitative date analysis the author acquired 18 categories. No.1 homestay help to immersion in learning language and culture. No.2 how freedom...
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...Cross-cultural Adjustment: A Study of Secondary Chinese Students in South Australia (Homestay Situation) Chong Zhou, Guiyun Chen Abstract In this study, the researcher intends to make some contributions to the research literature regarding the analysis of secondary students’ cross-cultural adjustment through investigating a group of Mainland Chinese students’ experiences in secondary schools in South Australia. The study explores the perceptions of Chinese students in a more naturalistic way through conversations with them in their own language. It focuses on the cultural challenges faced by these Chinese students and provides some insider’s knowledge about the underlying causes for these challenges and their coping strategies in the process of adjusting to living and learning in Australian culture. This paper, as part of the study, will particularly focus on the challenges involved in the homestay situation, the results of which indicated that the secondary school Chinese students at homestays were confronted with four broad categories of challenges: difficulties with food, English language, household chores and relationships with homestay hosts. The findings also uncovered the detailed basis of each of the students’ difficulties, providing some specific cultural information for educational practitioners to better understand secondary Chinese students in Australia. Key words: homestay, culture, language, challenges, adjustment 1 Introduction Entering a new culture...
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...and business related purposes and drive the growth of international arrivals to Malaysia include initiatives such as Visit Malaysia Year 2014 and Year of Festivals 2015. As pointed out in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006-2010), a magnification in tourism is optically discerned to have a positive relationship to the expansion of other sub-sectors, especially the homestay industry as well as in others that carry ecotourism related products and accommodations (Intan,Hazlina,et al,2010). Growth in tourism makes a positively impact towards homestay industry for the past few years. According to Anis (2009), homestay makes an awesome occasion alternative which has tremendously increased over the last five years with budget-friendly option. Homestay is one of the accommodation options for tourist who wants to experience a home away from home concept with an affordable and reasonable price. Although its popularity is not as good as other accommodation such as hotels and so forth, it has its own attraction that make peoples tend to choose homestay as their place to stay during holiday or other business. Environments of the homestay which make people feel like staying at their own house is one of the...
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...stay: a gendered perspective * Summary: * The author ... Quantitative data express that information is consist of numbers. However ... [PDF] Reinventing the Homestay Experience in Europe - Forum on ... www.forumea.org/documents/ReinventingHomestayExperience.pdf REINVENTING THE HOME STAY. EXPERIENCE IN ..... Housing Questionnaire: What is your principal concern or .... The home stay: A Gendered Perspective. [PDF] Overseas Students Information and Policies Handbook - Bunbury ... www.bcgs.wa.edu.au/sites/.../Overseas%20Students%20Handbook_0.pdf Overseas Students Guardian and/or Homestay Provider Agreement .... this information is contained in the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000, ..... perspective for students at the School, the School has been accepted as a full ..... and Guardian provide a summary of the expectations and responsibilities of a ... Volume XV (Fall 2007/Winter 2008) - Welcome to Frontiers www.frontiersjournal.com/frontiersjournal.comissuesvol15index.htm George Heitmann: The Cost of Study Abroad: An Economic Analysis. Kevin Kehl and Jason Morris: ... Heather Gutel: The Home Stay: A Gendered Perspective. [PDF] Homestay Accommodation Sector - Higher Education Academy www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/hlst/.../homestay_accomodation_sector.pdf There is no such thing as a homestay sector literature at present. .... The second theme is that of the private home offering commercial hospitality which has been .... gendered perspective to the debate...
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...Sir/Madam/Miss, We are final year students in Bachelor's in Science (Hons) of Tourism Management from University Technology Mara Puncak Alam and currently conducting a research regarding The Issues Faced by Haji Dorani Homestay and Impact to The Operation of Homestay" in order to fulfill my academic requirement for my final year study. The information collected will be used solely for this academic research and will be kept confidential. Thank you very much for your time and cooperation. I really appreciate the commitment given in completing this questionnaire. Section 1: Demographic Background Gender/ Jantina: * Male/ Lelaki * Female/ Perempuan Age/ Umur: * 18-27 years old/ 18-27 tahun * 28-37 years old/ 28-37 tahun * 38-47 years old/ 38-47 tahun * 48-57 years old/ 48- 57 tahun * Over 58 years old/ Lebih 58 tahun Are you employed? / Anda bekerja? * Yes/ Ya * No/ Tidak * Others/Lain-lain Monthly Household Income / Pendapatan Isi Rumah Bulanan: * Below RM 1000 / Bawah RM 1000 * Between RM 1000 - RM 2500 / Antara RM 1000 - RM 2500 * RM 2500 - RM 5000 / Antara RM 2500 - RM 5000 * Above RM 5000 / Lebih RM 5000 Section 2: Please select the number below that best represents how you feel about your recent homestay programs for each statement. Strongly Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Disagree ====================================================================== ...
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...Reflective Log Hofstede’s 4 dimensions Power distance: Society can accept and expect that power is distributed unequally in the organizations and institutions. Power distance has different between large and small. People with large power distance will great acceptance of unequal power, but people with a small power distance want power to be shared equally. Some Asian countries are large power distance and western countries are small power distance. Uncertainty Avoidance: When a society has threat from ambiguous and uncertain situations, they try to through providing a safe job, setting up more formal rules and beveling experts’ assessment to avoid uncertain situations. Using weak or strong to describe uncertainty avoidance. Strong uncertainty avoidance is characterized by intolerance for behaviours and ideas that deviate from the norm. Collectivism vs Individualism: The extent to which people define themselves as autonomous individuals or members of groups. An individualist society is a loose organization of social structure. People just care about themselves and their immediate families. Collectivism societies are characterized by a strict social structure. People have their own group and want to get help from group, at same time members put emphasis on groups and be loyal to group. Femininity vs Masculinity: The distribution of emotional roles between the genders. A masculine society has social values such as competitiveness, assertiveness, self-confident materialism...
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...INTRODUCTION Selangor is one of the 13 states in Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west. It completely surrounds the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. The origin of the name Selangor is lost in history, although some source claim the name to have come from the Malay word selangau, which gives the meaning of a large fly, most probably due to the abundance of flies in the marshes along the Selangor River in the state’s northwest. Another more plausible theory claims the state’s name was derived from the term Selang Ur meaning “land of the straits” (ur means “land” in Tamil, selang means “straits” in the Malay language). Selangor is also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan (“Abode of Sincerity”). Selangor is hailed as the gateway to Malaysia, given its strategic location to all major travel routes. It is home to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), the country’s main entry point and Port Klang, the largest port in Malaysia. There is an extensive network of highways and expressways in the state, making all parts of Selangor easily accessible. The location of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital city and Putrajaya, the new federal administrative centre within the bounds of the state further enhances the touristic appeal of Selangor. The magnificent Kota Darul Ehsan Arch along the Federal Highway welcomes visitors...
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...Name: | Tashi Wangda | Enrollment No: | 200430 | Program/Section: | B.A. Environmental Studies | Submission Date: | 27/10/2015 | Module: | ES 111 | Module Tutor: | Nima Wangmo | | Academic Integrity and Anti-Plagiarism PledgeI hereby declare that this assignment is my own work and written in my own words. I have not copied from, or shared substantial information about, this assignment with any other student (except as required for group assignments). Use of Sources: As is expected in academic writing, I have read and studied source materials (articles, essays, news, books, magazines, journals, in print and electronic/internet forms) and I have used information and ideas from these sources to write this assignment. Quoting: In this assignment, any words that are not my own (that is, the few specific words or sentences that I have directly quoted from a source for emphasis) are clearly identified within the text of my essay with quotation marks (inverted commas) and in-text citations. Each and every quote has both an in-text citation and a complete end-of-text citation on my Reference List.Paraphrasing: Furthermore, I declare that any ideas from source materials that I have put into different words (paraphrased) and used in the writing of this assignment are clearly identified and acknowledged using both in-text citations and end-of-text citations on my Reference List. Citations and Reference List: I have made a sincere and honest effort to find and provide full and accurate...
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...SUSTAINABILITY IN TOURISM SUSTAINABLE TEA-HOUSE TREK IN MANASLU REGION OF NEPAL I. Table of contents I II. List of abbreviations II III. List of tables and Figures III 1. INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF MANASLU 5 1.2 THE TEA HOUSE PROJECT 6 2. Sustainability Model 8 2.1 Social: 8 2.2 Economic: 9 2.3 Environment: 9 3. THE TARGET GROUP 10 3.1 INVOLVEMENT OF THE LOCALS 11 3.2 TRAINING 11 3.3 PROPOSED MODULE 12 3.4 OUTCOME 15 4. SWOT ANALYSIS 16 IV. List of references VI II. List of abbreviations ITB Berlin Internationale Tourismus Börse Berlin. TRPAP Tourism for Rural Poverty Program WTM World Travel Market. WTO. World Trade Organization UNESCO United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization UNDP United Nations Educational Development Program UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization III. List of tables and Figures Figure. 1 Sustainable Model 8 Tab. 1 Training model and curricullum 12, 13 and 14 1. INTRODUCTION Bahadhur (2012) affirms that Nepal is a federal democratic nation that proudly lies in the Himalayas and which borders China and India from the North and South respectively, Nepal is a country that is landlocked but the beauty and the existence of its magnificent high Himalayas mountains and the diverse cultures and ethnic factions makes this country one of the mysterious countries for any foreign visitor.Christie (2008) further states that the Nepalese government depends on tourism as a major...
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...Do you agree for disagree with the following statement? Student should not go abroad for study. Use specific reasons and details to support your opinion. The issue about whether student should go abroad for study or not is a debatable one. Some students think that study abroad brings many benefits, while others are of the opinion that they should finish university education in their motherland. For several reasons, which I will list bellow, I disagree with those people who think that student should not go to study in a foreign country. Firstly, the main reason why students prefer foreign countries for study would be: they always seek some changes regards to their education. If it is foreign countries, they can learn different languages and cultures while it is difficult if they constantly stay at one place. This aspect helps them to gain experiences as well as knowledge. For instance, in many overseas countries, once students complete their degree or course, those countries will offer a wide variety of opportunities to get into a prestigious company. Furthermore, independent lifestyle is a big and significant part in one person's life. Many people in other countries want to run their life on their own. They aspire for an independent life and eventually this would develop their self-esteem and confidence level. In addition to this, students can make new friends there and consequently they will be well-developed in the language skills. Sometimes students might be suffering from...
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...one day, we saw wild elephants, lions, buffalo, hippopotami and a lot more. One of the locations we stayed at was in a wildlife reserve and multiple times we had elephants cruising through our campground. It was startling, especially at night, but definitely an adventure. The biggest part of the trip was the homestay with the Maasai. The Maasai are pastoralists that live in huts constructed out of cow manure, mud and sticks. They make their income by herding ten hours a day in a savanna, with no water, and maybe masala chai for breakfast. My friend and I were only there for a few days, but it was an experience I will never forget. The biggest take away from the entire trip was that they endure adversity every single day, and they are never down about it. I had an opportunity to herd with them for the day, and the no water got to me at six hours. I underestimated how powerful the equatorial sun was, and over the generations their bodies have learned to adapt to the constant heat. The nights were equally enduring, my homestead had a bedbug infestation and we were bitten hundreds of times. The experience overall was grounding, but if I had to opportunity to visit my homestay mom again I would. After living with the Maasai, I transitioned to a tiny Muslim island called Zanzibar. It was my first experience with a majority Muslim population and I was there during Ramadan. Zanzibar is more developed and a few of us lived in an apartment while we interned at University of Dar es Salaam...
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...1 Practical Application – Project Management (Study Tours Program) 1.1 Introduction Currently our institute has been granted government funding to run programs for students in mainstream courses, however under the new funding scheme being introduced from 2014 we are required to offer more courses funded from commercial revenue to sustain our business. There are several courses that can be offer commercially such as training for organisations, offshore delivery programs and Study Tours/Study Abroad programs. I would like to discuss Study Abroad programs on this paper. There are 4 phases to arrange and complete Study Abroad programs – initiation, development, implementation (students are studying at the college) and graduation (evaluation). I would like to talk about initiation and implementation phases. 1.2.1 Initiation: Inquiries from clients are received (input). Information of our Study Abroad program can be found on our website therefore inquiries could come from agents or directly from institutes. Once the inquiry is received, program request form is sent out to the client (output). The program will be customised based on the client requests. Once the completed form is received, the information (input) of subject choices, timing, duration, and number of students is forwarded to appropriate Faculties to discuss and draft the program. Faculties determine the hours of teaching and other necessary items to deliver the program (output). The detail of items (input)...
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