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Urban Tourism Demand Being Experienced in Ipoh city
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THE DEMAND FOR URBAN TOURISM IN THE CITY IPOH, PERAK, MALAYSIA
Rationale
Urban tourism has proved beyond any reasonable doubt to be among the major activities
taking place in different parts of the world where it has been slowly gaining popularity over the
past years (Rasoolimanesh, et al. 2017). On the other hand, it can be best described in terms of
quite a number of tourist activities where a particular city acts as the major destination and at the
same time a place of interest. Basically, there are quite a number of reasons that have led to the
demand for urban tourism in this modern world. This research focuses on the demand for tourism
that is being experienced in the city Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Ipoh is one of the major known cities
that is located in the Northwestern part of Malaysia. Over the past, there has been a rising
situation concerning the demand for urban tourism within this particular area and this has been
due to several factors that are being experienced within the surrounding environment (Omar,
Sakip and Akhir 2016). Ipoh, that once appeared to be a dull city with a minimal number of
activities among its occupants is currently bustling with a huge number of tourists originating
from all over the world. Their major intention has always been to encounter and experiences the
beautiful nature that is present within the boundaries of Ipoh (Sanmargaraja and Wee 2015). On
the other hand, quite a number of the back-alleys present within Ipoh that were once polluted are
currently are now one of the overpopulated flea market areas and have even gone further to be
used as food haunts for different personalities (Rasoolimanesh et al. 2017). All these activities
are as a result of urban tourism that has ended up bringing quite a number of positive outcomes
to the lives of the local residents together with the economy at large.

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Aims of the Research
The entire research aims towards attaining a number of issues that are related to its area
of study. The following are some of the aims that are attached to the research;
Creating awareness across various individuals and organizations regarding the demand for urban
tourism in Ipoh.Providing relevant and reliable information that can be easily understood by
quite a number of individuals most so the ones interested in issues dealing with urban tourism.
Objectives of the research
The research is supported by different objectives to ensure that its relevance is
maintained at an all-time right from the beginning of the study up to the very end. Its major
objective is to carry out a deep analysis of the demand for urban tourism in the city of Ipoh.

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Literature Review
Aforementioned, Urban tourism plays one of the most essential roles in different
economies across the world (Jasmi and Mohamad 2016). Ipoh is a well-recognized capital city of
Perak that is located approximately two hundred and five Kilometers North of a place well
known as Kuala. It is a city that fully lies on the river banks of a particular river that is always
referred to as the Kinta river. What is more interesting about this city is that quite a number of its
occupants are known to have come from the Chinese origin while the other remaining races
which mainly include the Indians and the Malays (Tan, Olanrewaju and Lee 2016). As far as
history is concerned, one of the early settlements within the boundaries of Ipoh is known to have
existed in the early 1800s where the expansion of the city has always been experienced across
the Kinta river over the past years. Additionally, the river has divided Ipoh city into two different
sections which constitute of both the old town and the new town (Harun, Mansor and Said 2015).
The old town has always been recognized as a place that constitutes of different types of
historical buildings that were able to come up during the British colonial eras in the olden days.
On the other hand, the new town has mainly been covered by commercial centers, various food
outlets, and even hotels.
Geographically, Ipoh city is known to be located in a valley that is surrounded by one of
the most famous Titiwangsa mountain range which further extends towards the eastern side of
the city (Rahman, Hasshim and Rozali 2015). At the same time, there is the Klendang mountain
range which fully stretches from the north towards the western side. The interesting panoramic
view of both the hills and the mountains appears to be a beautiful scenery that can always be
viewed right from the city center (Leh et al. 2017) These are some of the geographical factors