Preface.- About the Authors.- 1: Introduction: Balancing Sustainability and Development in Tropical Tourist Destinations.- Part 1: Introduction.- 2: Ecotourism and Biospiracy: A Legal Perspective on the Sustainability of Tourism Destination in Malaysia.- 3: The Influence Of Eco-Friendly Attitude On Tourists' Intention Towards Green Hotels.- 4: Reconnecting The Past Through Oral History: An Effort In Preserving Malaysians' Intangible Cultural Heritage.- 5: Revitalizing Tourism In The Heritage Land of Toraja: Planning As A Process.- 6: A Local Sense of Place for Cultural Sustainability: Reconstruction Of Place Identity In Kuta, Bali.- 7: Perceptions Of Impacts And Development In A Cultural Tourism Hub: Ubud, Bali.- 8: Developing Halal Tourist Destination: Investigating Lombok's Potentials from Destination Marketing Perspective.- 9: Exploring the Rationales of Souvenir Purchase Behavior and Roles of Behavioral Belief and Perceived Authenticity Among International Tourists in Malaysia.- 10: Bidayuh Community of Malaysia: Presenting Culture and Nature as a Package for Sustainable Development of Indigenous Tourism.- 11: Movie Touring: The Influence of Film on Viewers' Travel Intention.- 12: Celebrity Status And The Enhancement Of Culinary Tourism Experiences In Singapore.- 13: Food Representation And Media: Experiencing Culinary Tourism Through Foodgasm And Foodporn.- Part 2: Introduction.- 14: Leisure Activities and Leisure Skills of Urban Residents in Hangzhou, China.- 15: Attitudes, Lifestyle And Social Benefits of Local Communities Towards Islamic Tourism Development In Malaysia.- 16: Do age and gender influence motivation and satisfaction among special event volunteers?.- 17: Community Social Capital In Ecotourism Development of Gunung Padang Site, Cianjur, West Java.- 18: The Contributions Of Enclave Tourism To Community Wellbeing In Mauritius: Host Community Perspective.- 19: An Exploratory Study On The Internal Impacts Of Hotel CSR Activities In Bali.- 20: An exploratory study of tourists photo taking behavior at Nglanggeran ancient volcano, Gunungkidul, Indonesia.- 21: Exploring The Public Participation Practices In Planning For Sustainable Tourism In Malaysia.- 22: Land and Tourism In Post-War Sri Lanka: A Critique on the Political Negligence In Tourism.- 23: Implementation of A Cluster-Based Model For Waterfront Urban Tourism Development In Manado Indonesia.- 24: Sharia Tourism Development Strategy for West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.- Part 3: Introduction.- 25: Preliminary Study On The Cashless Payment As An Experience-Based Marketing Vehicle In Tourism Destination.- 26: Monitoring Growths And Product Quality Of Local Souvenirs To Enhance Tourist Destination Image Of North Sulawesi, Indonesia.- 27: Tourism Supply Chain Perspectives on Border Shopping Development at Padang Besar, Malaysia.- 28: Tour Operators Contribution Towards Sustainable Tourism: A Review From Literature.- 29: Derawan Island As A Domestic Destination: Insights Of Young Indonesians Living In Singapore.- 30: Responses of Social Media Users to Professional and Tourist Photographs.- 31: Tweeting Tourism And Retweeting Airline Service Attributes.- 32: Spatial Relationship Of Tourist Distribution In Turkey.- 33: Spatial Distribution Of Occupancy Rate In The Hospitality Sector In Turkey According To International And Domestic Tourist Arrivals.- 34: The Influence Of Tourism Core Resources On Travel And The Tourism Competitiveness Index And Tourism Performance.- 35: An Analysis of Travel and Tourism Competitiveness versus Socio-Political.- 36: Marketing Sustainable Beach Holidays: A Tropical Agenda.-
Dr. Akhmand Saufi is interested in tourism issues particularly related to community empowerment, community participation, tourism entrepreneurship, and small-scale tourism enterprises. He received his PhD in 2013 from Griffith University, Australia, with a thesis titled "Understanding host community's experiences in establishing and developing small tourism enterprises in Lombok, Indonesia". Dr. Saufi published "Inhibitors to host community participation in sustainable tourism development in developing countries" in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism in 2014. At the same time, he participated as an editor in an International Green Tourism Symposium organised by Mataram University in Lombok. Also, in 2014, one of his research projects resulted in the development of the "Master Plan of Lombok Sustainable Tourism Development, 2015 - 2019". His current research is focusing on the development of "Halal Tourism" in Lombok, Indonesia.
Imanuella R. Andilolo has a background is in international business with specialization in business law. Her research focus is primarily in the area of tourism with and emphasis on marketing and management aspects. ASEAN has been her major area of research interest, especially with the formation of ASEAN Community 2015, on which she wrote a review of ASEAN Tourism Marketing Strategies
Dr. Nor'ain Othman is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. She has more than 10 years working experience as an assistant director in Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board and joined UiTM in 1993. She was the former Deputy Dean (Research and Industry Linkages) and her research focuses on tourism management, tourism marketing, event management, heritage tourism and Islamic tourism. She has published in a number of articles at international journal, chapter in books and presented papers at local and international conferences. She is the vanguard researcher forthe university under the Center of Research Excellent: Humanity and Quality of Life.
Dr. Alan. A. Lew is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation at Northern Arizona University where he teaches courses in geography, urban planning and tourism development. Dr. Lew's research interests focus on tourism in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Southeast Asia and East Asia, with topics covering community tourism planning, tourist movements, sustainable tourism, heritage tourism, tourism geography. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Universiti Teknologi MARA in Sabah, Malaysia, a Research Fellow at National Donghua University in Taiwan, and an External Examiner at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Lew has authored over 80 articles and book chapters and has published several books, including Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated Approach (2009), Tourism Geography, 3rd edition (2014), and World Regional Geography,2nd edition (2015). He is the founding editor-in-chief of the journal, Tourism Geographies and is a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism.
