The potential of nature tourism activities at mangrove areas in Tumpat, Kelantan.

Kelantan consists of 744 ha of mangrove forest, where there are patches of
mangrove forests located at estuaries and river banks in Tumpat and Bachok. Tumpat
is the most unique because of the plain, hundreds of river islands and has potential to
be developed as international tourism attraction. There were three objectives in this
study, which were; (i) Identify the nature attractions in mangrove of Tumpat, (ii)
Access the nature tourism activities in mangrove of Tumpat and (iii) Assess the
perceptions of respondents towards tourism development in mangrove of Tumpat.
The study was conducted in Tumpat areas, Kelantan by using questionnaires. 100
sets of survey form were randomly distributed at Bandar Tumpat, Kok Majid, Pulau
Beluru, Pulau Suri and Pantai Sri Tujuh. The result shows the nature attractions in
Tumpat are mangrove forests (42.8%), diversity of flora and fauna (30.3%) and delta
areas (26.9%). The suggested potential nature tourism activities in this mangrove
were boat ride (37%), mangrove tour (32%) and bird watching (31%). From this
study, there are 71% of the respondents agreed to develop Tumpat as tourism
destination. Therefore, a mangrove area at Tumpat ability to became as tourism
destination due to activities those visitors able to do at mangrove areas.