PLANNING AT WANG KELIAN PERLIS

FATIN AMIRAH BINTI MAT ZUKHINOR ATIRAH BT NIYAMIL

NURATHIRAH BT ABUBAKARNOR RAWIAH ABDUL MANAF

NUR ESMAH AFIQAH BT ISMAIL

HM 241 4B

W A N G K E L I A N

INTRODUCTIONThe Wang Kelian Sunday Market takes place at the Malaysia-Thailand (Wang Prachan)

northern border.

It is located 45km from Kangar and 7km from the nearest town, Kaki Bukit, within the

Mata Ayer Permanent Forest Reserve which was later gazette as the Perlis State Park.

The Sunday market offers mainly handicrafts, local food and fruits, clothing, as well as

kitchen utensils.With the ‘free-flow’ concept, visitors may visit the market by crossing

the border without any travel pass.

The road journey to the Wang Kelian Sunday Market entails a scenic drive through an

undulating route which curves around the hilly terrain offering one a panoramic view of

the valley.

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Issues and challengesDespite a variety of tourism resources, tourism development in Perlis faces a few key challenges which have thwarted its further growth.

Accessibility options and competitiveness of tourism products

One of the critical issues with tourism development in Perlis pertains to its location at the northern most tip of Peninsular Malaysia. Based on the

interviews with visitors, the majority of them visited Perlis to ‘visit friends and relatives’ (VFR). The setting-up of higher education institutions such

as Universiti Malaysia Perlis and Universiti Teknologi MARA in Perlis has boosted this type of visits as family members of students visit Perlis during

the opening of the semester and convocation days.

While it contributes to tourism development, it has also created the seasonality issue as tourists’ facilities are crowded during such periods but are often unutilized

at other times. Apart from that, interviews reveal that the long travelling distance has actually thwarted the desire of the tourists to visit Perlis. In addition, product

similarities with other destinations have intensified the competition for Perlis to attract visitors to the state. As noted by some European foreign tourists, ‘I don’t

see a single distinctive tourism attraction in the state that I must come here for instead of going to other states in the country.

Since I have only a 3-weeks holiday,I have to choose very carefully for the most value of the money and time that I spend in Southeast Asia’. The issues of offering

similar products, the poor level of accessibility and competition with other attractions with better accessibility and a combined package have made Perlis merely a

complementary destination among the western foreign tourists, particularly those who are visiting the country for the first time. The lack of fast connections

through a highway is another shortcoming observed in Perlis.

At present, Perlis can be reached by train, bus and ferry. However, there is no airport in the state for commercial flights and the North-South Highway which

links the southern gateway of Malaysia, i.e., Johor Bahru to all states in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia by-passes Perlis, and connects to the Thai border in

the north through Bukit Kayu Hitam in Kedah. Since the completion of highway connecting Bukit Kayu Hitam, nearly all the coaches transporting tourists from both

countries have used this route for faster accessibility in crossing the border compared to the past when most of them used Padang Besar as the entry and exit

points. This has significantly affected tourism development in Perlis especially border tourism in Padang Besar.

MARKET ANALYSIS

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STATISTIC ON ENTRY EXIT FROM MALAYSIA/THAILAND/FOREIGN 10’- 15’

PERANGKAAN KELUAR MASUK WARGANEGARA MALAYSIA /THAILAND/ASING

PENGELUARAN PAS SEMPADAN MALAYSIA / PERANGKAAN FREE FLOWPOS IMIGRESEN WANG KELIAN, PERLIS.

BAGI TAHUN 2010

W/N MALAYSIA W/N THAILAND ASING FREE FLOWPAS

SEMPADANMASUK KELUAR MASUK KELUAR MASUK KELUAR M’SIA THAI

JAN 4,412 3,970 7,905 3,864 2,025 2,020 2,375 9,526 36

FEB 3,284 4,211 6,348 3,801 2,194 2,165 1,736 11,795 32MAC 2,265 2,473 8,069 3,178 1,894 1,773 2,544 12,475 45APRIL 1,328 2,124 7,775 2,849 1,198 1,038 1,883 12,277 63

MEI 1,630 1,936 8,406 4,269 1,130 915 2,619 10,024 64

JUN 2,031 5,051 5,991 4,295 1,709 1,817 1,880 8,522 40

JULAI 2,014 2,523 8,724 4,304 1,538 1,336 4,493 9,999 46

OGOS 1,636 1,750 7,679 3,792 1,425 1,290 3,712 11,232 41

SEPT 2,890 3,284 8,077 3,315 1,335 1,175 3,101 11,210 66

OKT 2,175 2,853 9,739 5,427 1,714 1,529 3,335 15,589 60

NOV 2,459 3,200 8,298 4,323 1,861 1,768 3,578 9,914 59

DIS 3,332 3,817 7,059 4,150 2,323 2,161 5,012 12,649 64

JUMLAH 29,456 37,192 94,070 47,567 20,346 18,987 36,268 135,212 616

PERANGKAAN KELUAR MASUK WARGANEGARA MALAYSIA /THAILAND/ASINGPENGELUARAN PAS SEMPADAN MALAYSIA / PERANGKAAN FREE FLOW

POS IMIGRESEN WANG KELIAN, PERLIS.BAGI TAHUN 2011

W/N MALAYSIA W/N THAILAND ASING FREE FLOW PAS SEMPADANMASUK KELUAR MASUK KELUAR MASUK KELUAR M’SIA THAI

JAN 2,229 2,786 7,381 3,287 2,436 2,263 6,416 24,012 85

FEB 3,662 3,729 7,859 3,488 2,711 2,400 5,254 20,693 83MAC 2,845 3,006 8,555 3,826 2,405 2,102 4,697 21,986 94APRIL 1,733 2,663 6,680 2,746 1,600 1,308 5,518 25,533 115

MEI 1,749 2,498 6,155 2,537 1,669 1,498 6,085 26,595 113

JUN 1,761 2,649 5,049 2,291 1,589 1,525 6,412 24,641 91

JULAI 1,998 2,820 5,014 2,259 1,471 1,448 13,130 31,531 73

OGOS 901 2,081 4,194 2,255 1,127 1,141 4,396 14,909 91

SEPT 2,219 2,283 5,178 2,042 1,173 1,192 6,675 27,013 97

OKT 1,700 2,365 5,786 2,647 1,677 1,851 6,694 24,414 117

NOV 2,476 3,261 4,565 2,496 1,479 1,501 4,110 16,368 110

DIS 2,910 4,192 4,206 2,204 2,112 2,154 4,686 11,417 137

JUMLAH 25,803 34,333 70,627 32,078 21,449 20,383 74,073 269,112 1,206



W/N MALAYSIA W/N THAILAND ASING FREE FLOW PAS SEMPADANMASUK KELUAR MASUK KELUAR MASUK KELUAR M’SIA THAI

JAN 3,651 4,568 4,337 2,075 2,085 2,205 7,220 21,749 89

FEB 2,250 2,971 4,502 1,931 1,992 1,884 8,626 19,184 92MAC 2,667 3,748 5,179 2,664 1,816 1,761 6,847 23,242 127APRIL 1,797 3,049 5,242 2,940 1,662 1,671 7,616 17,284 90

MEI 1,823 2,642 4,992 2,881 1,729 1,803 8,351 22,823 98

JUN 1,850 2,762 4,465 2,463 1,578 1,459 12,588 26,519 105

JULAI 1,497 2,064 4,408 2,538 2,013 1,917 8,581 18,585 116

OGOS 2,894 4,140 4,610 2,819 1,622 1,607 6,089 15,625 111

SEPT 1,619 2,078 4,473 2,573 1,195 1,233 8,680 20,145 106

OKT 2,400 2,981 5,200 2,797 1,653 1,557 9,687 18,625 109

NOV 2,940 4,014 3,370 2,756 2,743 1,676 9,622 18,233 71

DIS 3,500 4,945 4,429 3,142 2,221 2,178 14,282 24,589 77

JUMLAH 28,888 39,962 55,207 31,579 22,309 20,951 108,189 246,603 1,191



W/N MALAYSIA W/N THAILAND ASING FREE FLOW

MASUK KELUAR MASUK KELUAR MASUK KELUAR M’SIA THAI

JAN 2,176 3,153 4,535 2,280 2,280 2,214 9,018 16,329

FEB 3,702 5,180 4,587 2,600 2,399 2,264 8,709 12,256MAC 2,338 6,703 4,690 2,884 2,013 1,823 7,417 16,001APRIL 1,391 2,054 4,069 2,008 841 681 6,114 12,181

MEI 1,364 3,033 3,142 1,886 887 775 6,931 12,567

JUN 1,979 2,769 2,885 1,256 1,254 860 9,827 18,141

JULAI 1,082 1,219 2,544 1,014 1,010 871 5,168 12,379

OGOS 3,842 5,112 4,328 1,752 1,862 1,651 9,535 13,354

SEPT 2,587 3,181 3,746 2,401 2,077 1,792 7,182 12,723

OKT 2417 3105 4183 2383 1679 1457 7175 12424

NOV 3018 4261 3455 2469 1169 2849 11272 18,252

DIS 4894 6599 3547 2598 1908 1645 16338 20,781

JUMLAH 30,790 46,369 45,711 25,531 19,379 18,882 104,686 177,388



JAN 1,734 2,175 3,379 2,475 2,384 2,050 7,484 15,364 41

FEB 2,500 2,414 3,157 1,579 2,167 2,021 7,105 13,390 54MAC 3,072 3,584 3,951 2,425 2,332 1,954 9,342 18,008 58

APRIL 2,030 2,644 4,084 2,974 2,186 1,491 8,234 18,800 54

MEI 2,608 3,530 3,760 2,911 3,522 3,300 9,084 14,415 63

JUN 2,682 2,702 3,775 2,946 2,309 2,126 15,049 13,797 37

JULAI 2,452 3,748 2,933 2,544 794 658 6,163 11,431 44

OGOS 2,538 2,639 3,525 2,400 867 648 12,704 19,025 47

SEPT 2,302 2,511 3,095 2,090 764 535 12,914 19,865 21

OKT 3,135 4,021 3,521 1,990 856 486 16,032 23,173 31

NOV 2,585 3,792 3,223 1,891 802 529 15,278 34,051 21

DIS 6,429 9,792 3,302 2,108 992 852 22,739 21,800 55

JUMLAH 34,067 43,552 41,705 28,333 19,975 16,650 142,128 223,320 526







JAN 3,751 4,877 3,364 1,485 1,203 799 16,030 20,832 40

FEB 6,297 8,220 3,477 2,038 1,288 826 18,244 20,478 25

MAC

APRIL

MEI

JUN

JULAI

OGOS

SEPT

OKT

NOV

DIS

JUMLAH 10,048 13,097 6,841 3,523 2,491 1,625 34,274 41,310 65

FA C I L I T I E S A N D I N F RA S T R U C T U R E

Wang Kelian is is a popular destinations for tourists and locals because of a huge market on both sides of the border. Due to the relatively remote village so lacking facilities available at Wang Kelian . Actually, based on record Wang Kelian received many tourists from home and abroad especially Thailand . In fact , Wang Kelian is also very famous among " backpakers " due to goods sold at low prices . Wang Kelian is also a stopover destinations for tourists who want to Krabi , Thailand . However , lack in some important facilities that still not provided by the state government :

1. Public transportation and bus stop

2. Tourism information centre

3. Signboard to go Wang Kelian

4. Toilet

5. Restoren

6. Parking

P U R P O S E D O I N G T H E S U RV E Y

•The purpose to collect the data based of Wang Kelian who interested with this

attraction in terms of Demographic (age, race, sex, economic status, level of

education, income level and employment) .

•To survey the development of Wang Kelian toward satisfied need and want of

tourist within country or outside country.

W H Y N E E D D E V E LO P M E N T , A N A LY S I S A N D S U RV E Y ?

Wang Kelian need to development because the can be famous attraction place in Malaysia,

like Langkawi because Wang Kelian also Duty-free shopping.

To promote Wang Kelian as a attraction destination in Perlis. To improve the need and

wants of tourist who come visit Wang Kelian.

C O N C LU S I O N

Wang Kelian have a big potential for being well-known places in Malaysia. The

development in terms of facilities and accommodation and food and beverage to attract

more tourist come to Wang Kelian.

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