One of the objectives of sustainable ecotourism development is providing benefits to local communities. However, how much the local communities benefit from the ecotourism development needs to be studied in detail. This paper is an empirical study to estimate the local economic benefits of the ecotourism development in a small island, one of the marine parks in Malaysia. The Redang Island Marine Park (RIMP) was selected as a case study in order to estimate the local economic benefits in terms of employment opportunities provided by the ecotourism sector and other related sectors. Sixteen ecotourism operators were interviewed to elicit their financial information, while 82 employees involved in the ecotourism sector were also interviewed in order to determine their expenditure patterns. The results show that the development of ecotourism in RIMP has definitely generated local employment opportunities. However, a higher percentage of leakages was found in the expenditures of ecotourism operators and their employees had contributed to the low multiplier effects.
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