Governance of red tourism in China: Perspectives on power and guanxi

Zhao, Shengnan; Timothy, Dallen J.

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2014.08.011

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“…Thus, government institutions foster trust as long as they deliver effective policies in the eyes of the public. This is indeed true in tourism where the role of government is paramount (Zhao & Timothy, 2015), making it accountable for policy decisions (Bramwell, 2011). Generally, the literature distinguishes between economic performance and political performance of government (Hanitzsch & Berganza, 2012).…”

Section: Origins Of Political Trust In Tourismmentioning

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Political trust and residents’ support for alternative and mass tourism: an improved structural model

Nunkoo

Gürsoy

2016

Tourism Geographies

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Political trust is a key requirement for tourism policies to flourish and sustain. The purpose of the research was to investigate the determinants of political trust and analyze whether the latter influences residents' support for mass and alternative tourism. To this end, we develop a structural model based on the social exchange theory, institutional theory of political trust, and cultural theory of political trust. The model proposes six determinants of political trust which in turn is considered to influence residents' support for mass and alternative tourism. Data were collected from residents' of Mauritius selected using a stratified random sampling approach. We used a survey method based on a structured questionnaire. Using AMOS, the data were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis to determine the fit of the measurement model. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model. Results indicated that such variables as the political and economic performance of government in tourism, interpersonal trust, and tourism benefits significantly predicted political trust. In turn, the latter was found to influence residents' support for mass tourism only, lending support to Hetherington sacrificed-based concept borrowed from political science. The theoretical contribution of the study relates to the inclusion of the political trust variable to analyze its relationship with residents' support for two opposing types of tourism development in a single theoretical model. We found that such relationship is contextual, depending on the object of exchange, conceptualized in here as the types of tourism residents are asked to support. Political trust figures more prominently for mass tourism than for alternative tourism given the considerable amount of sacrifices residents have to make to accommodate mass development. Our findings suggest that it is important for government to foster political trust among local people for tourism development to sustain. 摘要本文发展了一个改进的结构模型研究居民对可替代旅游与大众旅游的支持, 同时对可替代旅游与大众旅游进行了明确的区分。本研究以社会交换理论、政治信任的制度理论和文化理论为理论基础, 收集毛里求斯居民旅游发展支持的数据, 采用验证性因子分析和结构方程模型的方法对模型进行了检验。结果表明, 政府在旅游业方面的政治和经济绩效、人际信任和旅游收益等变量显著影 KEYWORDS Resident attitudes; mass tourism; alternative tourism; political trust 关键词居民态度; 大众旅游; 可替代旅游; 政治信任 CONTACT Robin Nunkoo r.nunkoo@uom.ac.mu †Present address: School of Hospitality and Tourism, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Section: Origins Of Political Trust In Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Political trust and residents’ support for alternative and mass tourism: an improved structural model

Nunkoo

Gürsoy

2016

Tourism Geographies

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“…In an attempt to improve this situation, the ACM governance approach has been applied across a number of protected areas of Bangladesh, thus signalling a transition from traditional top-down to participatory bottom-up approaches. Previous research has suggested that such bottom-up approaches, when applied to protected areas, facilitate improved governance systems, as well as improved standards of living for local communities (Armitage et al, 2007b;Eagles, 2009;Eagles et al, 2013;Plummer et al, 2013;Rashid, Craig, Mukul, et al, 2013;Rashid & Khan, 2014;Timothy & White, 1999;Zhao & Timothy, 2015). The findings of this research indeed confirmed these previous findings.…”

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confidence: 86%

Adaptive co-management as an approach to tourism destination governance – a case of protected areas in Bangladesh

Islam¹

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“…'Communist heritage tourism' is the term often used when talking about the communist heritage of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, also known as the former Eastern Bloc (for example Light, 2000a;Light, 2000b;Dujisin, 2007;Light and Dumbrãveanu, 1999;Bucica, 2002;Ivanov, 2009;Maitland, 2010;Light and Young, 2011;Iankova, 2013;Todorova and Gille (2013);Todorova et al (2014);Park (2014);Ivanova, 2017). 'Red tourism' is another term associated with the study of communist heritage but it is mainly used in relation to East Asian countries; some are current communist countries such as: China, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, and others are former communist countries such as Cambodia (for example Henderson, 2007;Li and Hu, 2008;Li et al, 2010;Zhao and Timothy, 2015;Zhao and Timothy, 2017). Socialist and totalitarian tourism are also terms occasionally used when discussing the heritage of the communist period (for example Backvarov, 1997;Zubak, 2005;Kuusi, 2008).…”

Section: Communist Heritage and Tourism: Concepts And Gapsmentioning

confidence: 99%