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In-Text Citation: (Ishak, Hua, & Ping, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Ishak, S. A., Hua, A. K., & Ping, O. W. (2018). Grounded Model in Accessible Tourism Case Study: Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan City. International Journal of Academic Research in Environment and Geopgraphy, 5(1), 49–58.
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