The impacts of urban tourism on the local environmental condition in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

Recently, urban tourism has resulted to the various impacts towards an urban environmental condition. Urban area like in Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has been threatened by the issues regarding its environmental quality. Therefore, this study was conducted to study on the various implications of urban tourism activities to the local environmental condition in Bukit Bintang through analyzing the causes and factors contributing to the impacts. The study generally applied the both qualitative and quantitative methods for the analysis in achieving the goal and objectives. The methods applied for the data analysis were the document analysis, observation and questionnaire survey. Moreover, the study has also suggested a few recommendations on how to defeat the negative implications regarding the environmental condition in the study area by adopting some relevant justifications applied by other scholars through some case studies as a strategic initiative. It is hoped that the paper presented will raise readers’ concern on the current issues threatening the urban environment. On the other hand, the analysis and recommendation given perhaps could be a beneficial input for the readers, especially environmentalist and planners to refer for their future actions.