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Exploring tourists' perceptions of tourism impacts
- Source :
- Tourism Management Perspectives. 31:231-235
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- Unlike how tourism is viewed by residents, little is known about how tourists feel about tourism in the destination. Nevertheless, studies have shown that tourists' emotional bonds with the destination positively affect their perceptions of and reactions to tourism in the destination. Such emotional bonds often vary based on tourists' previous experience in the destination. Thus, this study explored how tourists' emotional solidarity with residents influences their perceptions of tourism and how first-timers and repeat tourists differ in their views. To this end, 404 responses from South Korean sport tourists were analyzed. Though differences were not evident between first-timers and repeat tourists in their emotional solidarity or attitudes toward tourism, a positive relationship was confirmed between emotional solidarity and perceptions of tourism. The findings suggest that attitudes toward tourism is no longer a construct exclusive to residents and destination managers should also consider tourists' views.
- Subjects :
- media_common.quotation_subject
05 social sciences
Emotional Bonds
Affect (psychology)
Solidarity
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Perception
0502 economics and business
Positive relationship
050211 marketing
Psychology
Construct (philosophy)
Social psychology
050212 sport, leisure & tourism
Tourism
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22119736
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Tourism Management Perspectives
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d0edf785433317c3ce3373f4e239420f