City vs. Town residents’ place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear World Cultural Heritage Site

Abstract

This study examines local residents’ place attachment (PA) to the city or town they live and investigates how this attachment influences their perceptions and support for tourism development (ST), as well as comparing the differences of these relationships among the city and town residents in a linear World Heritage Site (WHS) setting. Structural equation model was used to analyze samples of 226 city residents and 235 town residents along the Grand Canal Yangzhou Section, China. The findings suggested that residents’ PA is positively correlated their ST. Results also suggested that the PA-ST effect is partially mediated by residents’ positive perceptions in the city area while fully mediated by residents’ positive and negative perceptions in the town areas. This study could help local governments make heritage development and management policies accordingly for cities and towns along the Grand Canal area.

تأثير المعرفة البيئية علي السلوكيات الداعمة للبيئة في مرسى مطروح التعلق بالمكان كمتغير معدل

“…It is the desire to maintain long-lived deeply ingrained attachment. So, higher place attachment leads to higher social relationships (Tsai, 2012;El Gamil, 2014;Hosany et.al.,2015;Tonge et.al.,2015;Cao, Yu. &Xu , 2021;Lalicic& Garaus, 2022).Place attachment is in consent with the theory of planned behavior to predict intention.…”

Imaginaries about intangible cultural heritage and tourism in Mexican Bajio cities

“…Place attachment is an emotional bond to a particular area (Altanlar, 2021). The model proposed by Scanell & Gifford (2010), based on different examples from London and the USA, has been widely used in the academic literature on tourism: to describe the satisfaction and experiences of international tourists (Tichaawa & Makoni, 2018); to understand attachment differences between urban and rural citizens (Cao et al, 2021); and to determine the spiritual well-being of residents (Li, Pan, & Hu, 2021).…”

“…In the field of tourism, young people are recognized as co-participants in managing sustainable tourism in their communities (Cao, Yu, & Xu, 2021). When considered and included in the decision-making process, young residents are more likely to perpetuate the manifestations of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in their community and, in turn, generate collective awareness about the benefits or drawbacks of tourism involvement in those practices.…”

papel do apego de residentes ao lugar no design de experiências turísticas no espaço rural

“…Outra perspectiva importante e crescente é a do apego dos residentes de destinos turísticos ao lugar e suas consequências para o planejamento da atividade turística. Estudos revelam variadas repercussões do apego de residentes ao lugar, como o apoio ao turismo sustentável (Cao et al, 2021;Stylidis, 2018) e percepções sobre impactos percebidos do turismo (Yuan et al, 2019). Aspectos como empoderamento comunitário (Strzelecka et al, 2017), senso de comunidade (Tsai & Shiue, 2010) e participação no planejamento turístico (Su & Wall, 2010) também são examinados em relação ao apego dos residentes ao lugar.…”