Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
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Abstract

Tourism is an economic activity that can contributes various impacts (both positive and negative) to local communities. This article presents the preliminary result of a research that was conducted in order to study the impacts of tourism at Lamin Dana on the lives of the local residents at Kampung Tellian Tengah, Mukah. The data for this study was collected using direct observation and interviews, which were conducted among the local residents of Kampung Tellian Tengah. The data were analysed qualitatively in order to identify the impacts from tourism activities at Lamin Dana. The preliminary results show that the impacts experienced by the local residents are in the aspects of economy, culture and life, and infrastructure and environment.