Preliminary Investigation of Environmental Practices among Homestay Operators
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 15
Abstract
Environmental management and sustainability have been recent important issues in various industries. Aside from the authorities' effort to improve tourism and hospitality offerings, the hospitality business should take responsibility for their actions and encourage environmental practices, so they could enjoy the benefits and at the same time protect the surroundings. There had been an argument that some hoteliers have not yet adopted environmental practices even in developed countries. While studies on the environmental practices by chained affiliated hotels are well established, yet research on Homestay operators particularly in Malaysia are limited and scarce. Thus, this paper conducted a preliminary investigation using a qualitative approach to understand the current environmental practices phenomenon at Homestay level. Four individuals representing Homestay operators from Homestays in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Perak were interviewed to gain insights on the matters. Consequently, this initial study has raised some issues in the Malaysian context. Thus it is deemed necessary to propose further empirical investigation and expected to be useful for tourism authorities, Homestay operators and local communities.
Authors and Affiliations
Nur Farihin Abd Hadi Khan, Yuhanis Abdul Aziz, Rusmawati Saad, Azmawani Abd. Rahman
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- EP ID EP598310
- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i15/5105
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