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Culture is associated with the nation-building of a country. The influence of culture refers to elements of culture such as customs, values, attitudes, norms, and beliefs. Generally, culture is considered as a set of ways of life for a group of society or community. Kuala Kangsar Royal Town is known as a cultural town. The town is conceptualized as a Royal Town and a historical heritage town based on the existence of the Perak State Sultanate buildings around the town. With this, it is seen as a crucial asset in the nationbuilding. Therefore, this study aims to identify the representation of culture in Kuala Kangsar Royal Town as a factor in nation-building. The research method used secondary data with an analysis of journals, government reports, and structured interviews with stakeholders. The findings indicate that as an old Royal Town, Kuala Kangsar emphasizes and represents the characteristics of historical heritage in enhancing nation-building. From the perspective of cultural development in Kuala Kangsar, it presents a different form of culture compared to other Royal Towns in Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Royal Town is rich in its own heritage history. Royal Town destinations that apply aesthetic values and long history have offered tourism products to fans of Royal Town values or known as tourist heritage. Tourism in the Royal Town in Malaysia is seen to be under -promoted on social media and electronic media. In fact, the Royal Town are also less prominent from the aspect of definition and heritage value found in the town. The concept of the Royal Town is unique, inherited and highlights the Royal elements are poorly documented and not recorded causing the role of the Royal Town as one of the tourist attractions in Malaysia is also left behind. Therefore, differences in terms of tourist patterns also cannot be identified and highlighted as long as tourists visit selected heritage destinations. This paper aims to examine the comparison of royalscape based on the segments of student, youth and family tourists in terms of the variety of visits to Kuala Kangsar. Convenience sampling technique was used by distributing questionnaires to 500 respondents consisting of student tourists, youth and families using descriptive analysis and One -Way Anova inferential analysis. The results show that there is a comparison in the visits of the tourist segment who visit the Royal Town of Kuala Kangsar. The seven royalscape in this study were visited by all tourist segments, Next there were differences in the manner of visits by the three tourist segments. In conclusion, this paper shows a comparison of the variety of visits by tourists based on segments. This study has limited limitations to look at comparisons based on the domestic tourist segment only and does not emphasize the variety of international tourist visits. However, the findings of this study provide space for further study by looking at the variety of international tourists in particular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A royal town serves to provide broad linkages to the history, geography and culture of a location. The specific characteristics of a royal town establish its identity and its uniqueness. Its principal attraction may lie in its exclusive character where the royal foundations embody elements of culture, history, architecture and esthetics. In this regard, the many royal towns of Malaysia reflect a heritage of traditional Malay sovereignty. Nonetheless, some of these towns are in danger of decline as a result of unbridled development and modernization. Kuala Kangsar is among the royal towns that have much to offer in terms of historical attractions. In spite of this, the assets of this town have yet to be fully availed as tourist attractions since systematic valuation of the resources has not been undertaken. It remains unclear how promotion of the royal town can be carried out. Nevertheless, a study to determine attractions for this royal town has identified seven Royalscapes that can serve to spearhead developments to popularize the royal town of Kuala Kangsar. Using the convenience sampling approach, 500 questionnaires were distributed to prospective visitors. The study results indicated that all the identified Royalscapes were rated fairly highly. The physical aspects of the town were deemed attractive to tourists, with 75.0% expressing a desire to visit. Rated even higher at 80.0% were five destinations deemed representative of the esthetics of the royal town. It can be concluded, therefore, that the Royalscapes serve effectively as drivers of tourism for the royal town of Kuala Kangsar. This study shows how the Kuala Kangsar area has the potential to draw both domestic and foreign tourists in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]