ChristianaJonut (2023) Tagal ecotourism and the local community empowerment. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
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Abstract
The study addresses tagal as an ecotourism product that is practiced Sabah as a tool to improve community livelihood but also to protect the natural environmen. It is a community-based tourism venture that has the influenced of the Kadazandusun ethic’s traditional law. The traditional principle of tagal is focused primarily agiants the individual exploitation of riverine resources of tagal sites and it was later transformed into a tagal ecotourism, a community participation venture. Tagal ecotourism sites are often located by the riverine areas and need care for conservation to foster the growth and survival of tagal ecotourism. Tagal ecotourism requires management of river in sustainable manner. A smart partnership between the local Kadazandusun community and the government authority particularly the Department of Fisheries Sabah (DoFS) has been successful and it became an instrument to protect, revive and manage the river fish resources. In 2015, Department of Fisheries Sabah (DoFS) had approved a total of 536 tagal sites in support of of this smart partnership. Most of the tagal sites were eventually transformed into an ecotourism site as community-based tourism venture. Tagal ecotourism generates income through jobs creation for the purpose of uplifting the locals’ economic level. Tagal ecotourism sites also have increased environmental awareness among the Kadazandusun local community to love their culture, tradition and environment. This venture helps to promote the sustainability of the eco-tourism. The objective of this study explored the issues and contexts of empowerment related to tagal ecotourism of the local community in managing it. The methodology approaches used for this study is a qualitative approach where semi-structured interview was chosen as the data collection method. A total of 53 local communities from 8 tagal ecotourism sites were interviewed. The result of the study showed positive influences on the elements of economic, political, sociological, psychological, and environment in both tagal ecotourism site and the local community. There are also other needs beyond all the mentioned elements such as sustainability practices which critical to any ecotourism development. The results showed that the tagal ecotourism significantly contributed to the empowerment of the Kadazandusun community development. The concerted efforts in implementing the tagal law on the preservation of natural resources support the sustainable ecotourism development.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Keyword: | Tagal fish apa, Ecotourism, Empowerment, CBT, Sustainability |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General). Atlases. Maps > G1-922 Geography (General) > G149-180 Travel. Voyages and travels (General) > G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting |
| Depositing User: | DG MASNIAH AHMAD - |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2024 09:29 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2024 09:29 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39129 |
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