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UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN PERIPHERAL AREA OF MALAYSIA : A CASE STUDY OF KELANTAN

KHAIRIL W. AWANG.

TLN 2006 47

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN PERIPHERAL AREA OF MALAYSIA A CASE STUDY OF KELANTAN

Khairil W Awang

Submitted to the University of Wales in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy

University of Wales, Aberystwyth

2006

DECLARATION
This work has not previously been accepted in substance for any degree and is not being concurrently submitted in candidature for any degree.

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STATEMENT 1
This thesis is the result of my own investigations, except where otherwise stated. Where correction services have been used, the extent and nature of the correction is clearly marked in a footnote(s).

Other sources are acknowledged by footnotes giving explicit references. A bibliography is appended.

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for inter-library loan, and for the title and summary to be made available to outside organisations.

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ABSTRACT
The tourism industry has rapidly developed in Malaysia since the first setting-up of a central agency, the Tourist Development Corporation in 1972, which dealt with aspects of the industry. The thesis argues for the importance of a study that contributes towards the understanding of the state role in tourism development, particularly in an area considered to be the backwater of a developing country. Little is known on the understanding of such a role in the context of Malaysia. Therefore, this thesis explores the role o f the state in the development of small accommodation and attraction enterprises, an important sector amongst tourism diverse suppliers, albeit in the context of Kelantan, an area having the attributes of a peripheral region in Malaysia. Such a role is, however, intertwined... [continues]

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