Place attachment, identity and community impacts of tourism—the case of a Beijing hutong

Gu, Hanming; Ryan, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2007.06.006

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“…When people visit natural attractions, the physical and social attributes of the place may give rise to a strong sense of place identity (Gu & Ryan, 2008) involving not only the specific, localised experiences but also more specific memories about the place (Devine-Wright & Clayton, 2010).…”

Section: Place Identitymentioning

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Place attachment and pro-environmental behaviour in national parks: the development of a conceptual framework

Ramkissoon

Weiler

Smith

2012

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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This paper critically examines the concept of place attachment and its likely influence on proenvironmental behavioural intention of visitors. It considers place attachment as a multidimensional construct comprising place dependence, place identity, place affect, and place social bonding, and suggests that research investigating this relationship in a national park context is fragmented, scattered, and often does not fully consider its multi-dimensional nature. A coherent and integrated approach is needed to advance the field. By considering place attachment as an attitude and acknowledging the close relationship between attitude and behavioural intention when both are directed toward a particular object or environment, the paper develops a conceptual framework that integrates the different place attachment subconstructs. It presents their relationship to pro-environmental behavioural intention as a series of propositions. The framework further considers place satisfaction to exert a direct influence on visitors' pro-environmental behavioural intentions in national parks and a moderating effect on the relationship between the different place constructs and proenvironmental behavioural intention in parks. Finally, the latter construct is proposed to influence visitors' general pro-environmental behavioural intentions. The paper's theoretical contributions, its limitations and its practical implications for sustainable tourism in general and national park management in particular, are discussed.

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Section: Place Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Place attachment and pro-environmental behaviour in national parks: the development of a conceptual framework

Ramkissoon

Weiler

Smith

2012

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

372

251

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“…In this respect, experiences of place identity, both spirit of place and sense of place, can be interpreted by both locals and tourists. Therefore, experiences of place identity through projected images and perceived images can be a major factor that effect profoundly on start-up and continuous of a tourist destination (Gu and Ryan, 2008).…”

Section: Place Identity and The Attractivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Place Identity and the Attractiveness of Rural Thailand: An Approach for Sustainable Tourism Development of Mae Klang Luang in Northern Thailand

Chatkaewnapanon

Leelapattana

Trakansiriwanich

et al. 2017

International Journal of Asian Social Science

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Article HistoryThis research is to propose the understanding of place identity and the awareness of the destination attractiveness as a way to continuous tourism system in rural Thailand. Particularly, the research focuses on understanding and describing a complex and dynamic issued in Mae Klang Luang attractiveness, a small village in Northern Thailand, for tourism activities from both sides of tourism system. For the local community to understand their tourism resources, images and the attractiveness is important to develop tourism industry. Moreover, the understanding of demand side perspective of attractiveness of these attributes helps the community to enhance their tourism industry in a more sustainability way. The attractiveness of a tourist destination encourages people to visit and spend time at the destination. Without the attractiveness, tourism does not exist at the first place. At the same time, without understanding of what tourist perceive as the attractiveness, tourism cannot be continuously developed. The importance of both sides' perceptions towards attractiveness helps rural tourism future development in more sustainable choices. It will help guiding the community to develop their tourism industry in the way continuing attracting people to the area at the same time not losing its own identity.Contribution/ Originality: This study contributes in the existing literature of sustainable tourism development in rural Thailand, particularly in Mae Klang Luang Community. The study proposes the understanding of place identity and the awareness of the destination attractiveness as an alternative way to sustaining tourism system of the community.

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“…This test examines which two subgroups have statistically significant differences. Table 7 summaries the orders of significant differences among subgroups in terms of age, affecting the perception as working in the industry can help to generate a sense of belong to the community and understand the industry (Gu & Ryan, 2008). If respondents work in the convention industry, they may understand the influences of this industry on the local economy and society and also feel emotionally attached to this industry (Gu & Ryan, 2008).…”

Section: Using Cognitive Distance Decay To Explain Residents' Perceptmentioning

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Residents' Perceptions of Convention Centers: A Distance Decay Analysis

Li¹,

Cang²,

Thomas³

et al. 2017

Event Management

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Public investment in convention centers represents a relatively common approach to stimulating economic development in many large cities throughout the world. The rationale is that metropolitan authorities can thereby attract business tourists and promote positive (business friendly) images of their locality. Although the economic dimension of such spending has received some attention, especially by consultants, there has been little theorizing or empirical research that has examined residents' perceptions of such development. This is in sharp contrast to examinations of resident perceptions of leisure tourism, which has witnessed extensive academic interest. This article analyzes residents' perceptions of the Busan Exhibition and Convention Centre in South Korea. Distance decay theories, geographic decay, and cognitive decay are used to inform the analysis. The findings indicate that increasing residents' engagement with, and knowledge of, convention centers is likely to engender positive perceptions of their impacts. It is suggested that urban policymakers in many parts of the world could learn from this study and should take residents' perceptions into account when financing and managing convention centers.

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Place attachment, identity and community impacts of tourism—the case of a Beijing hutong

Cited by 375 publications

References 14 publications

Place attachment and pro-environmental behaviour in national parks: the development of a conceptual framework

Place attachment and pro-environmental behaviour in national parks: the development of a conceptual framework

The Place Identity and the Attractiveness of Rural Thailand: An Approach for Sustainable Tourism Development of Mae Klang Luang in Northern Thailand

Residents' Perceptions of Convention Centers: A Distance Decay Analysis

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