The bottom line that out of the many sources of information available on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia there is a percentage that deserves the most trust and focus, and there is much that can be discarded and not used. In making this judgment the trustworthiness of the information needs to be assessed using the series of sources provided in this analysis (Cho, Jang, 2008). Appendix A, a mind map for planning extended travel provides an overview of the issues related to planning and traveling.
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The CIA Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html) provided an excellent overview of the current cultural, economic, religious, demographic and political landscape of Malaysia in general and Kuala Lumpur specifically. In addition, the CIA Factbook provided insights into how the country is currently experiencing a recession and the political forces at work there that could potentially lead to protests or violence. Malaysia's political risk is well defined in the document Political Risk Yearbook: Malaysia Country Report, 2-24 (Malaysia, 2010) found using EBSCO Host report analysis queries. In addition, the country overview found in EBSCO Host, 2009 Malaysia Country Profile (Malaysia, 2009) also showed how the economic conditions in the country continue to be challenging for the lower middle class and middle class workers there. As the majority of workers are in service industries, an evolving Catch-22 condition is starting to emerge as they need to attract more tourists yet cannot due to the economy slowing down and loans being harder to get for building attractions and hotels. This has put the country on edge, as one of every two workers is in a service-related and often tourist-related job (Malaysia, 2010).
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EBSCO Host and ProQuest both provided useful background materials on the role of travel and tourism data on Malaysia and its position in the hospitality industry (Poon, Low, 2005) (Ing, Liew-Tsonis, Cheuk, Razli, 2010). Of the two however, EBSCO Host was much more effective in defining the...
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