Volume 6 Issue 26 (December 2021) PP. 332-340 DOI 10/35631/JTHEM.626030 Copyright © GLOBAL ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (M) SDN BHD - All rights reserved 332 JOURNAL OF TOURISM, HOSPITALITY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT (JTHEM) www.jthem.com PERCEPTION OF LOCAL TOURISTS TOWARDS SAFETY PRACTICES IN MALACCA CITY Lisa Mariam Syawal Ismail 1 , Nor Anis Intan Aqiah Tukiran 2 , Siti Hajar Zakariah 3 , Nor Aziah Ahmad 4 1 Department of Vocational Education, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia Email: lisa@uthm.edu.my 2 Department of Teaching Training and Industry, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia Email: noranis@uthm.edu.my 3 4 Department of Vocational Education, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia Email: hajarz@uthm.edu.my Department of Vocational Education, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia Email: naziah@uthm.edu.my * Corresponding Author Article Info: Abstract: Article history: Received date: 27.05.2021 Revised date: 26.06.2021 Accepted date: 10.12.2021 Published date: 15.12.2021 To cite this document: Ismail, L. M. S., Tukiran, N. A. I. A., Zakariah, S. H., & Ahmad, N. A. (2021). Perception Of Local Tourists Towards Safety Practices In Malacca City. Journal of Tourism Hospitality and Environment Management, 6 (26), 332-340. DOI: 10.35631/JTHEM.626030. This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Safety practices of tourism products have been a huge reason to choose from. Lacking of good safety practices might become disadvantages for the tourism industry. This study aims to examine the perception of local tourists on the safety practices applied by the tourism industry. The perception has been examined on the three aspect, (1) safety practices in terms of accommodation; (2) safety practices in terms of accessibility; and (3) enforcement practices by local authorities. A total of 30 respondents consists of local tourists that visited Malacca City were involved. Descriptive analysis of mean and percentage was employed to test the objectives. The results showed that local tourists were concerns of the accommodation quality with mean of 4.03, make sure the vehicles were safe to access with mean of 3.97 and local tourist feel safer with local enforcement with mean of 4.06. Undeniable the safety practices of the tourism industry do give popular concerned among the local tourists. Keywords: Perception, Safety Practices, Tourism Industry, Local Tourists Introduction Safety practises have been extensively explored throughout the world's tourism business, notably by Mawby, Ozascilar, and Ziyalar (2021). Thus, tourists' safety behaviours may be an