Attitudes of local residents towards tourism development in Vrbas

Tepavčević, Jelena; Blešić, Ivana; Bradić, Milan; Ivkov, Milan

doi:10.5937/timsact13-18166

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“…Firstly, contrary to expectations, the gender of residents was not found as evidence of disparities in the residents` perceptions towards tourism effects. Although numerous authors indicated the impact of gender on residents' attitudes (Mason and Cheyne, 2000;Nunko and Gursoy, 2012;Tepavčević et al, 2019), the findings of this research are consistent with the results obtained in the Almeida-García et al (2016) study, which did not find any significant relationship between gender and residents' attitudes. These results have not provided support for H1.…”

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“…They also indicated that the impact of gender on attitudes towards tourism development is not only influenced by biological differences characterized for the gender, but also by psychological differences between males and females (Nunko and Gursoy, 2012). In their work, Tepavčević et al (2019) found notable differences among male and female residents. Jani (2018) and Alrwajfah et al (2020) determined a significant impact of gender on residents' perceptions toward tourism development.…”

Section: Impacts Of Gender On Locals' Attitudes Towards Tourism Develmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Vareiro et al (2013) reported a higher level of concern about the impacts of tourism, which are considered as negative among older residents compared to younger residents. Tepavčević et al (2019) and Rasoolimanesh et al (2015) also reported differences in prehension of tourism impacts towards the age of respondents, i.e., younger respondents have the lower perception of tourism impacts than older residents. Sinclair-Maragh (2017) identified that younger residents (18-25 years) tend to be more supportive towards tourism development than older residents.…”

Section: Impacts Of Gender On Locals' Attitudes Towards Tourism Develmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…By analyzing the studies about residents' perception towards tourism impact, many different models of examining residents' impact and perceptions can be identified. In many studies, there is an association between attitudes towards effects of tourism and sociodemographic characteristics such as gender (Mason and Cheyne, 2000;Nunkoo and Gursoy, 2012;Jani, 2018;Tepavčević et al, 2019;Janta and Christou, 2019;Alrwajfah et al, 2020, Wang, 2013, age (Bagri and Kala, 2016;Látková and Vogt, 2012;Sinclair-Maragh, 2017), nationality (Hernández and Mercader, 2015;Soontayatron;2010), urban as well as rural areas (Rasoolimanesh et al, 2017), education levels (Miyakuni, 2012;Pavlić et al, 2019;Pham and Kayat, 2011), length of period of residence (Khoshkam et al, 2016;Liang and Hui, 2016;Xu et al, 2016), and family size (Brida et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They found that as the education level of residents increases, the perception of the effects of tourism increases as well. Tepavčević et al (2019) reported that highly educated residents have a higher perception of all kinds of tourism impacts. They found that residents with the lowest education level have the lowest perception of all tourism effects, and their support for tourism growth is low.…”

Section: Impacts Of Education Level On Local Populations' Attitudes Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The influence of sociodemographic characteristics of residents on the perception of tourism development impacts

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Residents play an important role in the process of destination development, but a supportive attitude in regard to tourism is key to the success of the touristic destination. Various authors have examined residents' attitudes towards the impacts of tourism development from different points of view. This paper aimed to investigate the impacts of sociodemographic characteristics of locals on their attitudes towards tourism development. The study was conducted on the territory of Sirinićka Župa, in the municipality of Štrpce. A total of 94 respondents were included in the research. The results indicated that gender and education level have not influenced residents' attitudes. On the other hand, it has been found that the age and length of residents' significantly influence residents' attitudes towards tourism development impacts.

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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the key factors, which influence residents’ participation in sustainable development of rural tourism destinations in Serbia, and which are related to the resident´s support and their attachment to the place of residence. Authors also examined the potential positive impact of local community attachment and resident´s support on the benefits for residents, which are realized from tourism development as well as the sustainable aspect of the rural tourism destinations in Serbia. Methodology – The research sample includes residents of rural Serbia, who filled out an online questionnaire which was defined based on the previously conducted research by Than et al. (2020). The key variables are community attachment, resident support, and perceived benefits (socioeconomic and cultural), socio-economic, cultural, and environmental sustainability. The PLS-PM analysis was performed for data analysis in the R programming language 4.2.5. Findings – The results show that the residents' perceived benefits positively affect the sustainability of rural tourist destinations in Serbia. Although this research started from the assumption that community attachment and resident's support are positively affecting the perceived benefits of rural households and sustainable development of Serbia as a tourist destination, the obtained research results did not confirm this. Contribution – This study enables a more complete understanding of the relevance of the inclusion of residents in the rural destination´s sustainable development, but also can be used as an important source of information for defining and implementing future policies and strategies of rural development.

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Attitudes of local residents towards tourism development in Vrbas

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

The influence of sociodemographic characteristics of residents on the perception of tourism development impacts

The influence of sociodemographic characteristics of residents on the perception of tourism development impacts

Analysis of the Impact of Local Resident's Support and Attachment to the Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism Destinations

Local Communities’ Perceptions of Tourism Planning in Natural Areas

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