Open AccessCHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENT CARRYING CAPACITY FRAMEWORK: A CASE STUDY OF PULAU PERHENTIAN MARINE PARK INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Author(s) -
Nadia Nasir,
Mansor H. Ibrahim,
Lukman Hakim Mahamod,
Rashidi Othman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
planning malaysia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1675-6215
pISSN - 0128-0945
DOI - 10.21837/pm.v15i1.231
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , tourism , business , environmental resource management , quality (philosophy) , order (exchange) , government (linguistics) , carrying capacity , sustainability , environmental planning , sustainable development , sustainable tourism , environmental quality , geography , ecology , environmental science , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , epistemology , finance , biology , programming language
The environmental quality at Pulau Perhentian Marine Park is degrading day by day. Many studies have been done in order to support sustaining the tourist sites such as having limits in development and tourist arrival, or better known as carrying capacity. Despite the existence of many agencies whose job scope is related to Pulau Perhentian, poor implementation of the guideline is resulting in degrading environmental quality of the park. This paper looks at the roles and functions of each government agencies related to Pulau Perhentian. The outcome of this paper is the analysis of the current roles and responsibilities of the agencies and where are the gaps that can be filled in order to promote sustainable tourism in Pulau Perhentian.