Open AccessCommunity Leaders’ Perceptions toward Tourism Impacts and Level of Building Community Capacity in Tourism Development
Author(s) -
Fariborz Aref,
Ma’rof Redzuan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1913-9071
pISSN - 1913-9063
DOI - 10.5539/jsd.v2n3p208
Subject(s) - tourism , perception , impacts of tourism , business , community development , capacity building , tourism geography , economic impact analysis , environmental planning , environmental resource management , economic growth , geography , economics , psychology , archaeology , neuroscience , microeconomics
This paper investigates relationship between the community leaders’ perceptions toward tourism impacts and their support in building capacity for tourism development in local communities of Shiraz, Iran. Pearson correlation was used to examine relation between tourism impacts and level of community capacity building in tourism development. According to the survey, the strongest relationship between perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of community capacity building are found to be linked with its economic impacts of tourism, while environmental impacts are found to be significant negatively with level of community capacity building.