Technical Tours as Special Interest Tourism in the Urban Context: A case study of Kuala Lumpur

Autor: Zeenat Begam Yusof, Illyani Ibrahim, Khalilah Zakariya, Roziha Che Haron
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies. 5:59-74
ISSN: 2514-751X
DOI: 10.21834/ajebs.v5i16.370
Popis: Studies on Special Interest Tourism (SIT) have gained an increasing attention within the last decade. This article examined the potentials of attractions in Kuala Lumpur that can attract built environment professionals as a niche group of tourists. Based on analysing secondary data sourced from technical tours, tour packages and attractions promoted by different agencies, this study mapped, tabulated and examined existing buildings and sites with their unique characteristics. 58 buildings and sites showed potentials as tourism attractions for built environment professionals through technical tours. A customised experience can be high-yield as they are tailor-made to special interest tourists.Keywords: Built environment; special interest tourism; technical tours; urban tourism.eISSN: 2514-751X © 2020 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ajebs.v5i16.370
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