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The impacts of cruise tourism’s development to the sustainability at Kuantan
Port
Ummi Syakira binti Khalid
Dr. Saiful Izwaan Bin Saadon
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
Kuantan Port is one of the strategically cruise destination in Malaysia that have been
developed and the passenger that come to cruise terminal have increase by year
especially from China because of the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park (MCKIP)
project. This study focuses about the factors of development of cruise tourism and their
effects toward the sustainability at Kuantan Port. In this study, the method used to collect
the data and information are observation, questionnaires, interview and journal analysis
about the cruise tourism. From the outcome of the study, the conclusion is the factor of
development of cruise tourism at Kuantan port is Malaysian government’s support and
initiative to develop the cruise tourism industry and the cruise tourism actually have
impact to the sustainability at Kuantan Port especially to the environment where the
modifications to the natural and built environment to enable destinations to serve as a
cruise line destination involve loss of natural habitat, exploitation of local construction.
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