Social impacts of tourism: an Australian regional case study

Tovar, Cesar; Lockwood, Michael

doi:10.1002/jtr.667

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“…In many cases, the ongoing issue has been debated for many years in the cultural literature (Sharma et al 2008;Tovar and Lockwood 2008;Deery et al 2012), which is most often focused on quality of life and tourism development (Yen and Kerstetter 2008;Huh and Vogt 2008). Research with different perceptions of residents is not represented in previous studies, as is highlighted here.…”

Section: Review Of Literature On Socio-cultural Impactmentioning

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Perception of Tourism Impact and Support Tourism Development in Terengganu, Malaysia

2017

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(1) Background: Tourism is a prominent industry with the capability to generate income for developed as well as developing countries. However, studies are still lacking, particularly those specifically investigating the perception of local residents towards tourism. The perception of the locals is important, since it could determine the extent of their support for tourism development. In addition, previous research has found that male residents are more supportive towards tourism development. Therefore, this factor is adapted in this study to additionally examine whether gender may influence the tourism industry. (2) Methods: This study used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique for determining the structural estimates between constructs. (3) Results: The respondents agree that positive perception, negative perception and tourism impact have a significant impact on support for tourism development, which has been recognized as a Social Exchange Theory model. Moreover, the findings also reveal that gender has the potential to moderate the causal effects of tourism impact on tourism development. (4) Conclusion: The residents understand the tourism sector could strengthen the national economy, but they also want natural resources to be protected.

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Section: Review Of Literature On Socio-cultural Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perception of Tourism Impact and Support Tourism Development in Terengganu, Malaysia

2017

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“…Collaboration likewise allows for more appropriate development plans to be established, which take account of and respond rapidly to local stakeholder needs, ambitions, and sensitivities (Tao and Wall, 2009;Almeyda et al, 2010). The involvement of host communities is thus a precondition for a sustainable industry (Tovar and Lockwood, 2008) and sustainability is most likely to be achieved where communities engage in decision making (Southgate and Sharpley, 2002). Without stakeholder support in a community it may be almost impossible to develop tourism sustainably (Byrd et al, 2009).…”

Section: Stakeholder Collaboration and Tourism Sustainabilitymentioning

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Tourism stakeholder exclusion and conflict in a small island

Canavan

2016

Leisure Studies

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Research in the Isle of Man, British Isles, reveals limited and dysfunctional collaboration between stakeholders, and in particular between public and private sector actors. Power and influence over tourism decision making is generally felt to be restricted to a small and opaque network. Moreover, different levels of interest in and support for tourism further divide stakeholders. Various negative consequences are shown to arise from this absence of collaboration, including a lack of shared vision or future strategy for local tourism, and high levels of mutual mistrust between stakeholders. Resulting conflict, wasted resources, lost enthusiasm and lack of strategic direction appear to undermine the current and future management of island tourism. Emphasised by research is the importance of stakeholder collaboration to sustainable tourism management and underlying factors which may enhance or undermine. Focus on dysfunctional collaboration and the small island setting makes a unique contribution to the existing literature.

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“…The questionnaire consisted of two sections as part of a design that was informed by previous studies (e.g., C. W. Kim & Lee, 2010; S. S. Kim & Petrick, 2005;Ko & Stewart, 2002;Shin, 2006;Tovar & Lockwood, 2008;Zhou, 2010). The first section included 23 items representing positive and negative impacts.…”

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Residents' Perceptions of Convention Centers: A Distance Decay Analysis

Li¹,

Cang²,

Thomas³

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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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Social impacts of tourism: an Australian regional case study

Cited by 160 publications

References 28 publications

Perception of Tourism Impact and Support Tourism Development in Terengganu, Malaysia

Perception of Tourism Impact and Support Tourism Development in Terengganu, Malaysia

Tourism stakeholder exclusion and conflict in a small island

Residents' Perceptions of Convention Centers: A Distance Decay Analysis

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