Coastal Resort Life Cycle: An Overview of Tioman Island, Malaysia

Abstract

The increasing demand of holidaymakers for vacations in Malaysian Island destinations has resulted in a rapid increase in the number of coastal resorts. To explain the growth of coastal resorts, the approach of the life cycle model by Butler [(1980). The concept of a tourist area life cycle of evolution: Implications for management of resources. The Canadian Geographer, 24(1), 5-12] is adopted. This paper describes the life cycle of coastal resorts in Tioman Island by providing the evidences of historical and fieldwork data from the start of the 1890s up to the present. The findings demonstrate that tourism has resulted in substantial changes in the island's coastal resorts. The resorts in the island have passed through subsequently four stages of development as suggested in Butler's model and are currently in the consolidation stage. In each of the stage, the changes in resort morphology and types of tourist visitation are evident. Government and private incentives are the two main factors that stimulate the transformation of the resorts from one stage to the next.

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“…Many human settlements and resorts can be found along the coastal areas in the west coast of Tioman. By 2008, over 47 resorts have been developed across the Air Batang (20 resorts), Tekek (14 resorts) and Salang (13 resorts) villages (Omar et al 2015). To date, a total of 72 resorts including small, medium and world standard classes (e.g.…”

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