TY - JFULL AU - Mohd Hafiz Hanafiah and Mohamad Abdullah Hemdi PY - 2014/4/ TI - Community Behaviour and Support towards Island Tourism Development T2 - International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering SP - 803 EP - 808 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997902 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 87, 2014 N2 - The tourism industry has been widely used to eradicate poverty, due to the ability to generate income, employment as well as improving the quality of life. The industry has faced rapid growth with support from local residents who were involved directly and indirectly in tourism activities. Their support and behaviour does not only facilitate in boosting tourists’ satisfaction levels, but at the same time it contributes to the word-of-mouth promotion among the visitors. In order to ensure the success of the industry, the involvement and participation of the local communities are pertinent. This paper endeavours on local community attitudes, benefit and their support toward future tourism development in Tioman Island. Through a series of descriptive and factor analyses, various useful understandings on the issues of interest revealed. The findings indicated that community with personal benefit will support future development. Meanwhile, the finding also revealed that the community with negative perception still supports future tourism development due to their over reliance on this sector as their main source of income and destination development means. ER -