Estimating Tourism Effects on Residents: A Choice Modelling Approach to the Case of Rimini

Human Development and Tourism Specialization. Evidence from a Panel of Developed and Developing Countries

“…The authors explain this result by the fact that tourism development in the case under analysis is in the initial development stage, so residents are anticipating positive effects and may have demonstrated a higher tolerance toward tourism‐induced social costs. Figini et al (), studying one of the major Italian seaside destinations, show that residents consider the presence of tourists as a positive means of improving their life conditions (not strictly in an economic sense).…”

“…This paper applies the so‐called social exchange theory to the tourism–host relationship and assumes that ‘social relations involve an exchange of resources among social actors; social actors seek mutual benefits from the exchange relationship’ (Ap, , p.669; Ward and Berno, ). The literature analyzing the tourism–resident relationship is vast (among others: Purdue et al, ; Andereck et al, ; Figini et al, ; Andereck and Nyaupane, 2010; Aref, , Yu et al, ; Marrocu and Paci, ). Despite the fact that some scholars recognize that the possible effect of the host–resident relationship is the increase in ‘…education of indigenous citizens by exposing them to other people and cultures…’ (Ankomah and Crompton, ), overall, applied research does not empirically investigate this possible impact.…”

“…Conversely, tourism arrivals may have a negative effect on HDI when the presence of visitors decreases the quality of life of the resident population due to excessive crowds, congestion, noise and lack of safety (Andereck et al , Lindberg et al ). The resident–host social relationship might produce a positive or negative attitude of residents toward tourists that depends on the resident perceptions of the net effect of tourism activity for the local community (Ap, , Figini et al, , Andereck et al, , Aref, ).…”

Pricing Visitor Preferences for Temporary Art Exhibitions

“…Choice experiments are a survey-based technique used in several research fields that makes it possible to assess the preferences and willingness to pay economic agents, with respect to key characteristics (attributes). Choice experiments have been successfully applied to many research fields (such as marketing, health, transport and environmental economics) and in recent years they have been applied to tourism economics as well (Breffle and Morey, 2000;Huybers and Bennett, 2000;Papatheodorou, 2001;Morey et al, 2002;Alberini et al, 2003;Crouch and Louviere, 2004;Jaffry, 2005a, 2005b;Huybers, 2005;Brau and Cao, 2008;Massiani and Rosato, 2008;Brau et al, 2009;Figini et al, 2009;Figini and Vici, 2012). Choice experiments are not commonly used in cultural economics as other types of stated preference methods are often used.…”

Achieving Development In Destinations: Effects Of Tourism On Poverty, Inequality, And Quality Of Life

“…Several studies have found that hosts recognize the economic impact of tourists and also think other impacts are important (Andereck et al 2007;Biagi et al 2015). Figini et al (2009), in their study of seaside destinations in Italy, is one of these studies and concluded that residents perceive tourists as having a positive impact on improving their life conditions beyond simply economic.…”