Assessment of Tourists’ Perceptions on Safety at the Cape Coast Tourist Destination in Ghana

Imbeah, Nicholas; Khademi-Vidra, Anikó; Bujdosó, Zoltán

doi:10.30892/gtg.28117-464

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“…In tourism academia, a study by (Chiciudean et al, 2019) has used resident's feelings of safety and security to determine the critical factors for sustainable rural development. In another study, researchers (Imbeah et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2010) reveals that female residents of the Chinese city of Shandong reported reluctance to embrace tourism due to safety and security concerns, which makes the construct even more vital for academic scrutiny, (Konstantaki and Wickens, 2010) corroborate the same through their findings among London residents which showed lack of confidence about the security arrangements made during the 2012 London Olympic Games. conceptualised the measure of "community gain" wherein one of the critical parameters is residents' perception towards community safety and security; their study aims to gauge the collective perception of the inscription of George Town in coastal Malaysia as a WHS.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Jurowski and Gursoy, 2004 differentiated their sample into 3 sub-samples based on a group's physical proximity to a World Heritage Site; the prediction indicated varying sentiments towards resource consumption among the groups. Imbeah et al, 2020 have argued that while residents are aware that resource duplicity exists in the use of resources among natives and tourists, further research should explore how this affects support for conservation.…”

Section: Literature Review Theoretical Framework and Constructsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Residents’ Perception Towards Geoheritage Conservation and Tourism Development: Evidence From Jodhpur, India

Dey¹,

DEY²,

Tučková³

2021

GTG

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The Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India, located at the height of 150 meters above the surrounding sandy plains, is one of the city's most prominent monuments built over the Jodhpur group-Malani-Igneous Suite. The old city, which boasts numerous blue-painted houses, lies adjacent to the Mehrangarh Fort. The residents of the old city play a significant role in keeping the geoheritage and cultural heritage intact. The study investigates the moderating role of residents’ Perception towards support for Geoheritage Tourism and Conservation in and around Mehrangarh Fort. A combination of Weber’s theory of substantive and formal rationality (WTSFR) and Social Exchange Theory (SET) is used to investigate and infer the interposing and moderating role of residents’ perception on the relationship between influencing factors and support for geo-heritage conservation. A PLS evaluation of the SEM reveals a substantial capacity of the residents’ perception to predict support for conservation and tourism development.

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Section: Literature Review Theoretical Framework and Constructsmentioning

confidence: 78%

Section: Literature Review Theoretical Framework and Constructsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residents’ Perception Towards Geoheritage Conservation and Tourism Development: Evidence From Jodhpur, India

Dey¹,

DEY²,

Tučková³

2021

GTG

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“…For instance, tourists prefer bottled water to mitigate the potential adverse health risks (e.g. diarrhea, stomach ache) caused by drinking unsafe water, especially when travelling to adventure-based destinations such as Peru and Ghana (Bauer, 2012; Imbeah et al , 2020). Besides, considering the relatively high risk of theft during travel, tourists also receive advice from travel agencies and local authorities to protect valuables, such as hiding valuable items, using a money belt and carrying protection devices (Leggat and Klein, 2001).…”

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Modification and validation of the travel safety attitude scale (TSAS) in international tourism: a reflective-formative approach

Wan

Huang

Choi

2021

JHTI

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PurposeThis study modified, revised and validated a travel safety attitude scale (TSAS) using data collected from Canadian residents with out-of-country travel experiences.Design/methodology/approachThe authors proposed a higher component model (HCM) of TSAS, using a reflective-formative measurement model. In consultation with eight experts, a set of purified TSAS items was revised by checking wording and content. A questionnaire was administered to 531 participants using Amazon Mechanical Turk. The scale was validated with the partial least squares method of structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), and the analysis was performed using SmartPLS 3.0.FindingsThe final results suggested a five-factor solution with 27 items, with a satisfactory level of reliability and validity at the first-order (reflective) and second-order (formative) constructs. The predictive validity result showed that TSAS is negatively related to tourist risk-taking intention.Research limitations/implicationsTSAS advanced research on travel safety attitudes and demonstrated the feasibility of using PLS-SEM in examining the Type II model. Future studies can focus on replicating the study in other countries, adding more variables for predictive validity tests and examining the interrelationship with affective attitudes.Practical implicationsThe authors suggested a more proactive approach to assess tourist safety attitudes based on travel safety information (TSI), health concern (HC), vulnerability to crime (VTC), personal safety (PES) and police safety (PS), listed in descending order of importance.Originality/valueThe study results provide directions for destination marketing organizations to allocate resources to maintain a positive travel safety attitude from potential and current tourists.

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“…Tourists are known to avoid certain destinations because they are considered unsafe. This antecedent of TS has been analysed in recent studies, including those by Buckley et al (2014), Imbeah et al (2020) and Lee et al (2010). All authors have highlighted the strong link between DS and perceived TS.…”

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confidence: 99%

Empirical evidence of tourist satisfaction and loyalty in the case of Bucharest—A partial least squares structural equation modelling approach

Muntean

Șorcaru

Manea

2023

J of Consumer Behaviour

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Tourist satisfaction (TS), tourist loyalty (TL), the decision to revisit a destination and the choice to recommend it to acquaintances can have a decisive influence on inbound tourist flows. These influencing factors are closely related to tourist behaviour.The main objective of this study was to investigate TS and loyalty of both foreign and Romanian tourists in Bucharest, by testing under-examined and new variables. The hypotheses and conceptual research model were based on the following antecedents and consequences of TS: tourists' expectations and travel motivations (TEM), destination authenticity and infrastructure quality, destination safety (DS), tourists' emotions (TE) and TL. The analysis was unique in testing the effect of novelty-seeking tourists' desire to extend their stay on their expectations and motivations. The mediating effect of TE on the relationship between satisfaction and loyalty was also tested for the first time. Data were collected using a 24-item online questionnaire. The data were modelled with partial least squares structural equation modelling. Based on 122 valid responses processed with SmartPLS software, the results confirm most of the research hypotheses. The findings reveal that tourists' desire to extend the length of stay on their expectations and motivations has the highest statistical contribution to TEM. Furthermore, a statistically insignificant relationship between DS and TS was identified.The findings are useful for all stakeholders of tourism development in Bucharest.

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Assessment of Tourists’ Perceptions on Safety at the Cape Coast Tourist Destination in Ghana

Abstract: Ge eo oJ Jo ou ur rn na al l o of f T To ou ur ri is sm m a an nd d G Ge eo os si it te es s Year X

Cited by 12 publications

References 38 publications

Residents’ Perception Towards Geoheritage Conservation and Tourism Development: Evidence From Jodhpur, India

Residents’ Perception Towards Geoheritage Conservation and Tourism Development: Evidence From Jodhpur, India

Modification and validation of the travel safety attitude scale (TSAS) in international tourism: a reflective-formative approach

Empirical evidence of tourist satisfaction and loyalty in the case of Bucharest—A partial least squares structural equation modelling approach

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