| Summary: | Island tourism sector is regarded as an essential economic generator, creating employment, job and revenue. However, this conventional economic development mechanism affects the economy, socio-cultural and environment, especially in the aspect of quality of life negatively. Thus, responsible tourism management strategy had been widely adapted to embrace the planning, management, product development and marketing in order to churn out the positive impact towards the destination in terms of economic, social, cultural, and environmental. The responsible tourism framework has been identified as an ideal framework to sustain the development and minimize the constructive effects. This research focused on developing the responsible tourism practices dimension by exploring the community perceives value. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to the Pangkor Islands' local community using quota sampling method. This study utilized quantitative approaches to analyze 214 local residents' feedback. Through a series of descriptive and factor analyses, various useful understandings on the issues of interest revealed. The study results contribute to the existing literature and recommend future research to explore the concept of responsible tourism, particularly in Malaysia. © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group.
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