EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THROUGH SOCIAL INNOVATION: A CASE STUDY OF ECOTOURISM HOMESTAYS IN SABAH

ANG KEAN HUA, SABRI SULAIMAN, NORITA JUBIT · 2025 · Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Summary. Ecotourism homestays in Sabah represent Indigenous-led social innovation that empowers communities by redistributing ownership, knowledge systems, and decision-making power. Community-driven co-creation processes strengthen social networks, local leadership, and livelihoods across governance, economic, cultural, and environmental domains. However, the study warns that ecotourism alone cannot sustain empowerment without equitable governance, ethical frameworks, and recognition of Indigenous sovereignty. Only fully community-led models meaningfully redistribute benefits; external dominance risks reproducing inequality.

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  title   = {EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THROUGH SOCIAL INNOVATION: A CASE STUDY OF ECOTOURISM HOMESTAYS IN SABAH},
  author  = {ANG KEAN HUA and SABRI SULAIMAN and NORITA JUBIT},
  journal = {Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.55197/qjssh.v6i5.1004},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.55197/qjssh.v6i5.1004}
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DOI

10.55197/qjssh.v6i5.1004

Countries

Malaysia

Regions

Asia

Categories

indigenous-innovation, entrepreneurship, policy, general-innovation

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2026-04-29