Community Perception of Tourism Impacts and Their Participation in Tourism Planning: A Case Study of Ramsar, Iran

Eshliki, Sajad Alipour; Kaboudi, Mahdi

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.037

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“…Recently, the local community has become one of the most important stakeholders of the tourism industry [13][14][15][16][17]. Its active participation and involvement is essential for a successful tourism "community public service focused" was the largest and most female dominant.…”

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“…Unlike other cases, the Egyptian residents do not consider that tourism development is responsible for traffic jams, noise, and pollution [43], but for worsening the living standard because of inflation, affecting local identity, and overcrowding tourism destinations. Tourism's impact is not always perceived positively, and a research of Eshliki and Kaboudi [13] among the Iranian community of Ramsar is proof: residents were very disturbed by the negative effects of tourism on the environment and also on the sociocultural life, causing a lower involvement in tourism activity.…”

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Attitudes and Perceptions of the Local Community towards Sustainable Tourism Development in Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq

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Abstract:Over the last years, tourism has undergone significant development worldwide, especially in developing countries. Tourism is a multi-faced activity with positive and negative impacts on the destinations, linking the economic, social, and environmental components of sustainable development. The attitude of the host community is an important factor for future tourism planning, management, and development of a tourism destination. As such, the paper analyzes the attitudes and perceptions of the local residents from the Kurdistan Regional Government, located in the northern part of the Republic of Iraq. To achieve the purpose of the research, a survey based on a questionnaire was conducted in Sulaimani and Halabja Governorates. A number of 320 questionnaires were applied in 2016. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and principal component analysis. The results indicate that tourism is seen as a development sector during the last years. Its positive impacts are better perceived than the negative ones, mainly because it offers more recreational opportunities due to the development of new recreational parks. Tourism increases pollution, this being the most negative aspect mentioned by the respondents, but regardless, they are proud of the progress overthe last years and they support future actions for tourism development.

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Attitudes and Perceptions of the Local Community towards Sustainable Tourism Development in Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq

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“…Despite suggestions in the literature that residents should be involved in decision-making, some researchers recognise that participation alone is not sufficient since locals need to be empowered in order to make tourism (Boley & McGehee, 2014) and events (Pappas, 2014) sustainable. In several cases, not only has empowerment not been given to locals, but they have been excluded from planning, decision-making and project management (Eshliki & Kabudi, 2012). According to Tosun (2002), decision-makers need to carefully introduce deliberate measures and create opportunities for indigenous people to participate in decision-making, otherwise the further development may suffer from a gradual lack of support from host communities that will threaten future prospects.…”

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Pre- and Postevaluation of Residents' Participation and Support of the 2012 London Olympics

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Even if the participation of locals is limited in mega-event decision-making, their support is crucial to the event's success. Using Social Exchange Theory, the study examines the extent to which community participation and perceived impacts affect residents' support of mega-events. Implementing a structural model, the examination is based on the combination of two pieces of research undertaken before and after the London Olympics. Findings confirm the importance of perceived benefits and costs in community support. They also reveal the increase in positive perceptions after the event, the strengthening of community participation willingness and residents' support, and provide an understanding of the role of perceived success in perspective formulation. Moreover, the study uses an explanatory model for the visualisation of the findings.Keywords: community participation, perceived impacts, mega-events, residents' attitudes, support model 2 INTRODUCTIONThe participation of locals in mega-events decision-making strongly influences the host community's support for further development (Gursoy & Kendall, 2006). This support in event related activities extends community participation and increases the willingness of locals to act as hosts in the foreseeable future (Pappas, 2014). Still, the participation of locals in decision-making is often limited due to: instructions for decision-making in governing systems (Eshlinki & Kaboudi, 2012), institutional and cultural constraints, resource property rights arrangements (Li, 2006), coordi nation problems amongst stakeholders (Grabher & Thiel, 2015), and the outdated incentives given to residents for the realisation of benefits over time (Suich, 2013).Support of the community in furthering tourism development has a significant influence on tourism planning policies (Yu, Chancellor & Cole, 2011), especially with regard to large-scale events since they heavily influence the life and the power relationships amongst locals (Frawley, 2015). Locals are likely to be positive and enthusiastic about hosting large-scale events such as the Olympics, since they perceive that their quality of life will be improved (Zhou & Ap, 2009). Still, megaevents may engender some participatory initiatives for the local community, but in general, decision-making and planning allow little input from local residents (Lamberti Noci, Guo & Zhu , 2011), whilst the more democratic approach to megaevent planning is surely more difficult to implement (Pappas, 2014). Consequently, the benefit asymmetry produced by mega-events historically hinders the diffusion of collaborative planning and community participation (Matheson, 2006). before and after mega-events. Taking into consideration the perspective that attitudes before, during and after the event could be significantly different (Gursoy & Kendall, 2006), the aim of the paper is to examine the extent to which community participation and perceived impacts affect residents' support of mega-events; more specifically, the London Olympics. Through the cr...

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“…In this contest, community participation has become a worldwide issue across the field of heritage conservation with a multi-dimensional perspective to preserve social tradition and culture by fully understanding the needs of the residents (Hiyari, 2012;Yung & Chan, 2012). However, in developing countries, local community participation in the decision-making process is limited (Eshliki & Kaboudi, 2012). Such a perspective does not necessarily mean deprecating fabric-based approaches entirely, but instead seeks to sustain the cultural heritage by converting it to new uses, for new users, following new agenda (Howard & Pinder, 2003).…”

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HERITAGE-BASED SUSTAINABILITY IN PORT SAID: Classification of Styles and Future Development

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Community Perception of Tourism Impacts and Their Participation in Tourism Planning: A Case Study of Ramsar, Iran

Cited by 114 publications

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Attitudes and Perceptions of the Local Community towards Sustainable Tourism Development in Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq

Attitudes and Perceptions of the Local Community towards Sustainable Tourism Development in Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq

Pre- and Postevaluation of Residents' Participation and Support of the 2012 London Olympics

HERITAGE-BASED SUSTAINABILITY IN PORT SAID: Classification of Styles and Future Development

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