The purpose of this paper is to explore the prospects of Malaysian seaports as hubs for seaport tourism. This symbiosis nexus between seaports and tourism needs to be explored to provide a luxury economic growth. Combinations of these two segments are expected to explore a new market in Malaysian tourism industry.,A thorough case study consists of five major seaports in Malaysia including Penang Port, Port Klang, Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Kuantan Port, Bintulu Port and Kota Kinabalu; these seaports have been selected to reveal their opportunities for the prospect of Malaysian seaport tourism via spatial interaction model.,Four main components including cruise activities, support from intra-region and inter-region economic corridors and the seaport regionalisation can be integrated to reveal the capacity of Malaysian seaport to be hub for seaport tourism.,This paper incorporates tourism sector as one of the streams in the fifth-generation seaports. Seaports and tourism are two economic generators in Malaysia and infusion of these components is expected to enhance the economic prospect, diversify the function of seaports and reduce the over-dependence on conventional tourism activities.

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探索马来西亚海港发展为旅游活动的枢纽

本文的目的是探讨马来西亚海港作为海港旅游枢纽的前景。需要探索海港和旅游业之间的这种共生关系，以提供豪华的经济增长。预计这两个部分的组合将开拓马来西亚旅游业的新市场。详尽的案例研究包括马来西亚的五个主要海港，包括槟城港，巴生港，丹戎佩拉帕斯港，关丹港，民都鲁港和亚庇。选择这些海港是为了通过空间互动模型揭示马来西亚海港旅游业的前景。四个主要组成部分，包括邮轮活动，可以整合区域内和区域间经济走廊的支持以及海港的区域化，以揭示马来西亚海港成为海港旅游枢纽的能力。本文将旅游业纳入第五代海港之一。海港和旅游业是马来西亚的两个经济发源地，注入这些成分有望改善经济前景，使海港的功能多样化并减少对传统旅游活动的过度依赖。