Nurul Diyana Md Khairi

University of Technology Malaysia | UTM · Department of Urban and Regional Planning

The extensive use of terminology in the artisan entrepreneurship study served as the impetus for this study. As a result, the authors want to identify, assess, and synthesise the present body of literature on artisan entrepreneurship, as well as to construct and propose a comprehensive definition of artisan entrepreneurship. This paper was written...

Artisan entrepreneurs, the imaginative pioneers shaping the economic narrative, intricately intertwine elements of economic prosperity, cultural conservation, and entrepreneurial vigor. In the delicate balance between tradition and ingenuity, these individuals emerge as guardians of cultural heritage, passionately crafting unique products that tran...

Highlights: Urban planning requires understanding urban dynamics to design sustainable city development. The project was conducted with first year students with two different sessions for course Studio 2 (Site Planning and Layout Design). First year students struggle to understand the development theories and the urban dynamic. Simulation games suc...

Urban planning requires understanding urban dynamics to design sustainable city development. The project was conducted with first year students with two different sessions for course Studio 2 (Site Planning and Layout Design). First year students struggle to understand the development theories and the urban dynamic. Simulation games such as city b...

This book offers an exquisite and comprehensive understanding of contemporary tourist behaviour in which the author efficaciously harmonised 14 chapters on the emerging themes of tourist behaviour, covering extensive literature reviews and references. The book review aims to help researchers and practitioners by significantly offering an embracive...

Purpose This paper aims to capture real-time images of tourists during their visitation. This effort is to clarify a debate among scholars that there is a lack of current effort to genuinely represent an accurate image of the tourist experience during their visit. Previous studies on destination image focused on measuring and successfully capturing...

The ageing population is the crucial phenomenon that has led to the new market segment in tourism known as 'senior tourists.' A senior tourist is determined as an older traveller or grey tourist. The number of elderly keeps growing throughout time; hence, grey tourists will be relevant preferences, differing from the younger tourists. This paper ai...

Purpose The paper aims to comprehensively use the knowledge of tourist spatial behaviour to improve World Heritage Site (WHS) management. Efficient heritage management can be achieved if critical aspects such as tourist spatial activities were better and comprehensively understood, primarily at the micro-level. Inaccurate information on these essen...

Melaka WHS has inherited an outstanding universal value (OUV) that are listed as a World Heritage Site that must be properly managed. Stakeholders and agencies that manage a WHS are faced with a major challenge. In particular, making decisions for Melaka WHS is very challenging. WHS is a complex site where the management of the area requires the co...

Previous studies on destination image have attempted to capture the differences in destination perceive image between the before and after trips. However, not much study has focused on the during-visit perceived image. This is crucial as to how the tourists actually experience the destination is when they actually visit the destination. The study a...

The burgeoning popularity of World Heritage Sites (WHSs) has negatively impacted the sustainability of the historic environment of the sites due to the increasing number of tourist arrivals. Too many pressures from human activity, especially tourists could potentially damage the physical condition of the site and compromise its Outstanding Universa...

How tourists consume spatial activities within a destination at micro level such as urban spaces might reveal the level of motivation among tourists, and arguably critical to be understood for efficiency in space and urban planning management. Due to the large concentration of movement throughout the urban centers, the spatial activities generated...