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Gaining residents' support for tourism and planning
Author(s) -
OviedoGarcia M. Angeles,
CastellanosVerdugo Mario,
MartinRuiz David
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.644
Subject(s) - tourism , tourism geography , perception , marketing , differential (mechanical device) , business , differential effects , ecotourism , impacts of tourism , economic impact analysis , psychology , geography , economics , medicine , archaeology , neuroscience , aerospace engineering , engineering , microeconomics
This research analyses residents' perceptions of the effects of tourism. Economic, cultural and environmental effects are identified as determinants of residents' attitudes towards tourism development and planning. Authors speculate that there are different patterns of resident's support depending on their differential benefits obtained from tourism. A conceptual model is developed and empirically tested in Santiponce, a small community in southern Spain. Our results support our basic hypothesis: resident's level of personal benefits obtained from tourism influence their perceptions regarding tourism impacts, and in consequence, their support for tourism development and for tourism planning. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.