Challenges of community based Eco-Tourism sustainability in Kota Klias, Beaufort, Sabah

CHALLENGES OF COMMUNITY BASED ECO-TOURISM (CBET) SUSTAINABILITY IN KOTA KLIAS, BEAUFORT SABAH: A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES

GROUP 4

1.DAYANI NAYANTHA - NCBT (SRI LANKA)2.MOHAMAD ZOINOL ABIDIN ABD AZIZ - UTEM (MALAYSIA)

3.NURULFAJAR ABD MANAP - UTEM (MALAYSIA)4.NOR OMAIMA HARUN - UMT (MALAYSIA)5.ROOPAM SHUKLA - TERI UNIVERSITY (INDIA)6.RAJENDRA KHANAL - UNIV OF TOKYO (JAPAN)7.ZULKIPLI GHAZALI - UTP (MALAYSIA)

DR SALFARINA ABDUL GAPOR (FACILITATOR)

• Introduction• Background • Objectives• Community Based Eco-Tourism (CBET)• Sustainable Development Goals• Stakeholders• Challenges• Suggestions

OUTLINES

LOCATION (KOTA KLIAS)

INTRODUCTION STAKEHOLDERS CHALLENGES SUGGESTION

SABAH

LOCATION (KOTA KLIAS)


LABUAN

BEAUFORT

ATTRACTIONS

Culture Offers a rich Borneo cultural experience as they

have come from Sabah, Brunei and Philiphines Offers traditional food demonstration such as

Ambuyat Environment

River cruising Fire-flies (The best place in Sabah to watch – Kota

Klias) Monkey:

Long tailed macaques Silver leaf langgur

Reptiles: Salt crocodile water Yellow ringed cat mangrove scale (Boigia dendrohila) Monitor lizard

Birds Eco-research on flora and fauna


•Homestay at Kota Klias started in 2002 due to the motivation by MP to get extra income and as a part of Community Based eco-tourism (CBET)•Then in 2005 external operators came in to the Kota Klias

2002• Local

Homestay started

2005• External

Operators started

2016• Sustainabili

ty?


HISTORY (KOTA KLIAS)


OBJECTIVES

• To identify issues and challenges faced by the stakeholders

• To recommend possible sustainable solutions that benefit the stakeholders

• To identify the roles of local leaders in coordinating and promoting eco-tourism and homestay in Kota Klias

•Community based tourism emphasizes on the empowerment of the local communities

•An important tool for social-economic development of rural communities, poverty reduction and heritage conservation

•CBT labelled as a ‘tourism with soul’ and ‘communitarianism over

commercialization’•Several challenges arise when implementing the community-based tourism model• lack of knowledge• limited marketing skills

Community Based Eco Tourism (CBET)


Community Based Eco Tourism (CBET)


• Steps in CBET implementation:• Initiation• Sustenance• Up-scaling

• Maximum support from external agents needed for initiation

• Sustenance is achieved through increasing community participation, however the benefits rise slightly

• Up-scaling is important to increase the benefits to the community

Sustainable Development Goals


• 10 homestay operators with 23 rooms

• Visitors• The college students

doing research in eco-tourism

• Families attending wedding

• Small number of tourists to experience local culture and village stay experience

• District officer• Land Revenue

Department• District council, Beaufort• Forestry Department• Irrigation Department• Port Authority

STAKEHOLDERS OF CBET IN KOTA KLIAS

Sustainable eco-tourism

Local home stay

operator

Government

External operator


• 8 jetties with capacity ranging from 8 to 20 boats/ operators• OIB Klias:

• 2005: 50 tourists / day. • 2011: 150 – 180 tourists / day

50 – 80 person / day.• Tourists European, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and some Malaysians.• Capitalizes:

• Attractions at the mangrove, Probosis monkey, firefly, culture, local products etc.

• Packages include lunch dinner at the jetty.

• 10 homestay operators with 23 rooms• Visitors

• The college students doing research in eco-tourism

• Families attending wedding• Small number of tourists to experience local

culture and village stay experience

• District officer• Land Revenue Department• District council, Beaufort• Forestry Department• Irrigation Department• Port Authority



Local home stay

operator

Government

External operator

• 8 jetties with capacity ranging from 8 to 20 boats/ operators

• OIB Klias:• 2005: 50 tourists /

day. • 2011: 150 – 180

tourists / day50 – 80

person / day.• Tourists European,

Japanese, Chinese, Korean and some Malaysians.

• Capitalizes:• Attractions at the

mangrove, Probosis monkey, firefly, culture, local products etc.



• 10 homestay operators with 23 rooms• Visitors

• The college students doing research in eco-tourism• Families attending wedding• Small number of tourists to experience local culture and village stay experience

• District officer• Land Revenue

Department• District council,

Beaufort• Forestry

Department• Irrigation

Department• Port Authority



Local home stay

operator

Government

External operator

• 8 jetties with capacity ranging from 8 to 20 boats/ operators• OIB Klias:

• 2005: 50 tourists / day. • 2011: 150 – 180 tourists / day

50 – 80 person / day.• Tourists European, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and some Malaysians.• Capitalizes:

• Attractions at the mangrove, Probosis monkey, firefly, culture, local products etc.



CHALLENGES

Economic Environment Social / Culture Government


CHALLENGES

Economic

Environmenta

l

Social / Culture

Government


CHALLENGES (ECONOMIC)


• Competition between local and external operators • Integration issues: Homestay operators + river cruise

operators• Homestay operator’s readiness: resources utilisation,

capabilities issues, training• Less promotion activities: Homestay operators

CHALLENGESEconomicalEnvironme

ntal

Social / Culture

Government


CHALLENGES (ENVIRONMENT)


• Soil erosion along the river bank• livestock depletion: eco-system disturbance, noise,

pollution• Development within the forest area• Tourist issues: over capacity, human intervention

CHALLENGES Economical

EnvironmentalSocial /

Culture

Government


CHALLENGES (SOCIAL/CULTURE)


• Language barrier • Traditional performance: skills, man power,

champion, attire • Culture products experiences (foods, handy

craft, etc.): less innovation and promotion

CHALLENGESEconomical

Environmental

Social /

Culture

Government


CHALLENGES (LOCAL AUTHORITIES)


• Separate entities: • less collaboration• no sharing database• lack of commitment• less enforcement:

guideline & SOP

CHALLENGES (LOCAL AUTHORITIES)


• Monitoring management:• empowering the related office: Tourism dept, DID• non effective management meeting: 3 months

period, outdated issues, possible of incompletion• failure of participation adoption of local parties:

conflict (weapon of the weak)• no integration of monitoring authorities parties:

illegal operators• less accountability

SUGGESTION


• ECONOMIC:• training: handling international tourists, homestay

management, online promotion• Smart partnership: industry driven

• ENVIRONMENT:• Enforcement of regulation: speed limit, limitation

of tourist and trips, development within forest area

SUGGESTION


• SOCIAL/CULTURE:• training: communication skills, language• tourism department: groom potential groups for

cultural performance, • village center: local foods, handy craft, culture

performance

SUGGESTION


• LOCAL AUTHORITIES:• schedule collaboration

meeting: homestay operators,

river cruise operators, multi

level authorities• SOP, guidelines: apply to all

SUMMARY


• No conflicts between the river cruise operators

and homestay operators• Lack of collaboration and business integration

between the two stakeholders• Homestay operators: dependency-trap;

dependence on government assistance• The importance of the roles of local leader

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

INTRODUCTION STAKEHOLDERS CHALLENGES SUGGESTION ACKNOWLEDGM

ENT

• MOHE• AKEPT• ProSPER.NeT• UMS• UCTS• LABUAN CORPERATION• MAJLIS DAERAH BEUFORT • LOCAL RESIDENCES

http://prosper.net/

THANK YOU

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Challenges of community based Eco-Tourism sustainability in Kota Klias, Beaufort, Sabah