Muhamad Safiih Lola

Sustainable Development of Tasik Kenyir Eco-Tourism Using System Dynamic

The sustainable development of Tasik Kenyir eco-tourism depends on the availibility of spatially explicit information on the state and trends of ecosystems and their services. Thus, we develop an interactive dynamic model of Tasik Kenyir Eco-Tourism that links ecological and economic systems, and generated the effects of the short and long terms besides to determine the direction of development and conservation in Tasik Kenyir development policies. In this study, Tasik Kenyir eco-tourism coins Macro Management Framework for Tasik Kenyir Tourism Dynamics consist of four different subsystem; Toursim Activity, Development of Tasik Kenyir (infrastucture and tourism activities), Waste Generated and Environment Sustainability (flora and fauna). The Model developed reveals that sustainable development of Tasik Kenyir eco-tourism requires continuous prolonged effort and insight towards creating a balance between social, economic and environmental developments.

Trade-Off Analysis for Eco-Tourism of the Tasik Kenyir Protected Area

Continuous pandemic of sustainable development rise numerous concern, hence resulting towards integration of multidimensional principle as an underlay in order to form sound decision-making process especially in ecological-sensitive area such as Tasik Kenyir. This study develops the structural framework for decision-making inclusive of all variables in order to strive for sustainable development of Tasik Kenyir in order to promote responsible tourism practices. Several criteria are selected and analyzed using Multi-criteria Analysis (to show the corresponding trade-off); ranged from economic, ecological and social variables such as economic revenue, employment, conservation of flora and fauna and environmental quality. The results show that under different scenarios, the score of different type of variables will change accordingly.