Measuring Residents’ Attitude toward Sustainable Tourism: Development of Sustainable Tourism Attitude Scale

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a scale assessing residents’ attitudes toward sustainable tourism (SUS-TAS). Following the pretesting phase, a 51-item scale of resident attitudes toward sustainable community tourism was administered to 800 households in a small tourism community in Texas. Psychometric properties of SUSTAS along with its practical and theoretical implications are discussed within the framework of sustainable tourism development.

Community Perceptions toward Economic and Environmental Impacts of Tourism on Local Communities

“…It is generally felt that community perceptions toward tourism impacts are likely to be an important planning and policy consideration for successful tourism development (Ap, 1992). Numerous studies on community residents' perceptions of tourism impacts have been conducted (Andereck et al, 2005;Ap, 1990Ap, , 1992Ap & Crompton, 1993;Brown & Giles, 1994;Choi & Sirakaya, 2005;Johnson et al, 1994;Liu et al, 1987;Liu & Var1986;Pizam, 1978;Ritchie, 1993;Robson & Robson, 1996;Ryan & Montgomery, 1994;Seid, 1994;Sheldon & Abenoja, 2001;Sheldon & Var, 1984;Sirakaya et al, 2001;Teye et al, 2002;Upchurch & Teivane, 2000). All these studies are performed by Western researchers.…”

local people perceptions toward social,economic and environmental impacts of tourism in Kermanshah (Iran)

“…A questionnaire was designed for this research and various related literature (Lankford & Howard, 1994;Williams and Lawson, 2001;Milman&Pizam, 1988;Choi and Sirakaya 2005;Andriottis, 2002) were used to develop the items of the questionnaire. Most of the questions were based on a 5 point Likert scale, ranging from 1: 'strongly disagree' to 5: 'strongly agree' and the questionnaire was pilot tested to have its content validated by several tourism scholars in Iran.…”

A Visitor Experience Scale: Historic Sites and Museums

“…Examining the item-scale correlation will determine the inter-correlations among each item, and it is a widely accepted method when constructing a scale (Choi & Sirakaya, 2005;Chu & Murrmann, 2006;Larsen, Brun, & Ogaard, 2009;Wang et al, 2007).…”