This paper aims to highlight the opportunities for developing indigenous tourism development attractions in the Kuala Kangsar district for the expanding inbound and outbound tourist destinations in Malaysia through eco-tourism, cultural heritage, and nature tourism exploration attractions. This will help improve the economic sustainability of the tribal communities. The findings of this study lead the author to the conclusion that the indigenous groups that are located in the districts of Kuala Kangsar are suffering from great poverty as a direct result of their low level of education as well as their long-standing tribal isolation in the interior of West Malaysia, which causes them to be reserved and introverted. In addition to this, it was discovered that 398 families with incomes of less than RM400 per month are considered to be living in extreme poverty and that these families require more than just reforms to the economic system because they own the natural resources.
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