The ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme 2016 highlighted local sustainable challenges and solutions in Malaysia.

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

2. 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)

3. • Introduction
• Background
• Objectives
• Community Based Eco-Tourism (CBET)
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Stakeholders
• Challenges
• Suggestions
OUTLINES
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4. LOCATION (KOTA KLIAS)
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
SABAH
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5. LOCATION (KOTA KLIAS)
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
LABUAN
BEAUFORT
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6. 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
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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7. •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
• Sustainability
?
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
HISTORY (KOTA KLIAS)
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11.  INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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
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12. •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)
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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13. Community Based Eco Tourism (CBET)
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• 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
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14. Sustainable Development Goals
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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15. • 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
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• 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.
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16. • 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.
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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17. • 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.
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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18. CHALLENGES
Economic Environment Social / Culture Government
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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19. CHALLENGES
Economic
Env
iron
me
ntal
Soc
ial /
Cult
ure
Gov
ern
me
nt
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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20. CHALLENGES (ECONOMIC)
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• 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
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22. CHALLENGES
Eco
no
mic
alEnvironment
al
Soc
ial /
Cult
ure
Gov
ern
me
nt
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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23. CHALLENGES (ENVIRONMENT)
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• Soil erosion along the river bank
• livestock depletion: eco-system disturbance, noise,
pollution
• Development within the forest area
• Tourist issues: over capacity, human intervention
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25. CHALLENGES
Eco
nom
ical
Envi
ron
men
talSocial /
Culture
Gov
ern
men
t
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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26. CHALLENGES (SOCIAL/CULTURE)
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• Language barrier
• Traditional performance: skills, man power,
champion, attire
• Culture products experiences (foods, handy
craft, etc.): less innovation and promotion
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27. CHALLENGES
Eco
nom
ical
Envi
ron
men
tal
So
cia
l /
Cu
ltu
re
Governme
nt
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
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28. CHALLENGES (LOCAL AUTHORITIES)
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• Separate entities:
• less collaboration
• no sharing database
• lack of commitment
• less enforcement:
guideline & SOP
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29. CHALLENGES (LOCAL AUTHORITIES)
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• 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
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31. SUGGESTION
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 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
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34. SUGGESTION
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• SOCIAL/CULTURE:
• training: communication skills, language
• tourism department: groom potential groups for
cultural performance,
• village center: local foods, handy craft, culture
performance
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35. SUGGESTION
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• LOCAL AUTHORITIES:
• schedule collaboration
meeting: homestay operators,
river cruise operators, multi
level authorities
• SOP, guidelines: apply to all
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36. SUMMARY
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
• 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

37. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
 INTRODUCTION
 STAKEHOLDERS
 CHALLENGES
 SUGGESTION
 ACKNOWLEDGM
ENT
• MOHE
• AKEPT
• ProSPER.NeT
• UMS
• UCTS
• LABUAN CORPERATION
• MAJLIS DAERAH BEUFORT
• LOCAL RESIDENCES
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38. THANK YOU
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