The Influence of Water Sport Activities towards tourism development at Teluk Batik, Seri Manjung

Abstract

This research is about the influence of water sport activities towards tourism development at Teluk Batik, Seri Manjung. The purpose of this study is to encourage the visitors to choose Teluk Batik as a place for relaxation and having a good panorama since the sunset falls at this area. Three variables have been selected to help the researcher to identify the factors that affected to the economics of water sport activities in Teluk Batik which are the facilities, location and marketing. Other than that, the researcher also want to analyze the relationship between developments of facilities towards water sport activities at Teluk Batik. The sample for the study focused on the visitors at Teluk Batik and Majlis Perbandaran Manjung (MPM). The researcher used two methods which are quantitative and qualitative to examine the research objectives. 100 questionnaires are distributed to the respondents to obtain the primary data. SPSS 22.0 software is used to analyse the data. For the qualitative method, the researcher made interviews with the employees at MPM and sellers at Teluk Batik. The information and knowledge gain help the researcher to add more at recommendations and suggestion section. The research will give benefit to local authorities and visitors at Teluk Batik, MPM and tourism at Perak.