Effects of Tourism Industry in Malaysia

According to Oxford Dictionary, tourism means the business of providing and arranging holidays and services for people who are visiting a place. I can convince all of the people that the tourism industry in Malaysia is something that can be proud as it was becoming very successful for the coming years. This can be seen by the programs that have been organized our government to attract the tourists whether local or outsiders such as Citrawarna Malaysia and Visit Malaysia. Basically, it gives direct and indirect impacts to the surroundings. Thus, this essay is going to explain about the effects of tourism industry in Malaysia.

The first thing is the tourism industry in Malaysia gives effect to the property investment in our country. It has created the opportunities for different business ventures in order to address the escalating demands for modern resorts homes. Besides, the real estate industry in United States is having their downfall so that Malaysian investment property has remained stable due to the very few restriction placed on the potential buyers. On the other hand, we already know that Malaysia has many places of attraction that can make keep on coming back. The cost of living in the country is low and that is why visitors from foreign countries are out of reasons to leave the country.

Secondly, it also gives effect to the people of the country or we as the citizens of Malaysia. People can have many jobs opportunities as there are increase in demands of hotels, resorts and shopping complexes. It requires more people to work with them. Moreover, the people in rural areas can promote their villages to the tourists from the other countries and can also show their skills in carving, cooking traditional dishes or something that are related to Malaysian’s cultures. Local people can use their village as an attraction to the tourists, such as home stay project in Kampung Haji Dorani, Selangor.

The next point is tourism industry in Malaysia gives implication to the environment of the country. Basically, tourism and environment has a complex relationship when it involves many activities that can have adverse environmental effects. This is because there are too many constructions of hotels and resorts that are very close to nature. Many of these impacts are linked to the construction of roads, airports and also tourism facilities like golf courses and marinas. Tourism has the potential to create beneficial effects on the environment by contributing to environment protection and conservation.

In a nutshell, we can conclude that Tourism industry in Malaysia gives many effects to the surrounding. We must support the tourism industry in Malaysia as it gives a lot of advantages for us. Malaysia has many interesting places that can be visited with the beloved one rather than going overseas and spending a lot of money there.

Written by: NOOR FILZATI BINTI ZULKEPLI

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