Residents' attitudes to tourism development: the case of Cyprus

Akiş, Sevgin; Péristianis, Nicos; Warner, Jonathan

doi:10.1016/s0261-5177(96)00066-0

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“…The most immediate and direct benefit of tourism development is the creation of jobs and the opportunity for people to increase their income and standard of living in local communities. Hence local communities turn to tourism as a means of raising income, increase employment and living standards (Akis et al, 1996). These impacts are observable as tourists interact with the local environment, economy, and community.…”

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Community Perceptions toward Economic and Environmental Impacts of Tourism on Local Communities

Aref¹,

Redzuan²,

Gill³

2009

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This paper investigates the community perceptions toward economic and environmental impacts of tourism in Shiraz, Iran. Special focus is on the differences in perceptions between the Old and New Districts of Shiraz. The study demonstrates that there are broadly similar views among the community leaders and community residents from both districts of Shiraz. In fact, a high percentage of the answers obtained highlighted positive aspects environmental and economic impacts of tourism toward local communities. According to the survey, the strongest and favourable perceptions toward tourism impacts are found to be linked with environmental aspects and while economic matters are found to be the least favourable in terms of the perceived impacts on tourism. T-test analysis of the study indicates that there is no significant difference between community leaders' perceptions in both districts of Shiraz City. Results drew from discussion with the target group show that the community residents have positive perceptions toward economic and environmental impacts of tourism with only minor differences with each other.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Perceptions toward Economic and Environmental Impacts of Tourism on Local Communities

Aref¹,

Redzuan²,

Gill³

2009

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“…However, there are some studies done by local scholars [30][31][32][33]. Studies done by Perdue et al [27] and Akis et al [28], confirm that local communities gain benefits in terms of the economic aspect and enable them to support the tourism development in their area. Studies by Wall [29] in Bali, Indonesia found that the local community has a positive outlook when they receive benefits from tourism development.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…This is often related to the extent of the impact that tourism can fulfil the needs of the communities with their perception to move forward in life. Studies related to the perceptions of communities on tourism are done by foreign scholars in their geographic areas in the country [25][26][27][28][29]. However, there are some studies done by local scholars [30][31][32][33].…”

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confidence: 99%

Potential of Homestay Tourism Based on Seaweed Cultivation from the Views of Seaweed Cultivators in District of Semporna Sabah, East Malaysia

Hussin

Yasir

Kunjuraman

2014

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Abstract. Community participation in tourism development especially among fisherman and farmers has begun to given serious attention by the government whereby the communities are given opportunities to engage in tourism development programmes in order to enhance their quality of life. In order to encourage local community participation in tourism development in rural areas, participants' perceptions regarding tourism activities are important aspect to be sought. Good or bad perceptions from the community towards tourism development are important because it can determine the success of the programme. Firstly, this paper aims to explore the views or perceptions of seaweed cultivators towards homestay tourism which is based on seaweed cultivation in the District of Semporna, Sabah. Qualitative and quantitative research approaches have been applied in this study, such as the usage of the face to face interviews survey using survey questionnaires and field observation as primary methods. The findings show that the majority of the respondents have a positive perception of homestay tourism based on seaweed cultivation, such as the acceptance of visits by the tourists to their working place. Seaweed cultivators agreed that this tourism activity bring additional income to them. Activities that can become tourist attractions include tying seaweed seeds on a casino table. Moreover, the tourists have an opportunity to take a boat to see the seaweed farm, and take pictures of seaweed activities and so on. These findings also revealed that the majority of the respondents assumed that the visits of the tourists would motivate them to carry out the activity with more enthusiasm. This shows that seaweed cultivation could become a new tourism product which has great potential to develop in the district of Semporna, Sabah.

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“…Economic externalities can have positive impacts on residents' welfare, such as improvement of the local economy and of standard of living, employment, development and improvement of infrastructure and increased income levels (Liu and Var 1986;Akis et al 1996;Tosun 2002). As a negative externality an increase in prices of goods, services, land and housing may occur.…”

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Cruise Tourism Externalities and Residents' Support: A Generalized Ordered Logit Analysis

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Manuela Pulina University of Sassari and CRENoSAbstract This paper investigates residents' preferences towards cruise tourism investment in their home port. The research uses data collected during the peak cruise season in 2011 at Messina, a port of call in Sicily, Italy. A generalized ordered logit analysis is run to analyse what factors influence the residents' preferences towards investment in cruise tourism. Positive and negative externalities produced by this economic activity, as well as socio-demographic and economic determinants are taken into account. Overall, the resource investment choice of residents in Messina was dependent upon: their income dependency on the cruise activity, their own personal cruise experience, family size, the expected increase in welfare (i.e. increase in public and private investment), whether they are affected by urban and rural gentrification and the value placed on community life style and heritage conservation. Nevertheless, residents would tend to decrease investments in cruise activity if they are female, retired or perceive the environment to be deteriorating. Implications for policy makers are drawn from the empirical findings.Paper submitted to the special issue Tourism Externalities JEL C25; D62; L83 Keywords Cruise port of call; positive and negative externalities; residents' support; generalized ordered logit

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Residents' attitudes to tourism development: the case of Cyprus

Cited by 409 publications

References 14 publications

Community Perceptions toward Economic and Environmental Impacts of Tourism on Local Communities

Community Perceptions toward Economic and Environmental Impacts of Tourism on Local Communities

Potential of Homestay Tourism Based on Seaweed Cultivation from the Views of Seaweed Cultivators in District of Semporna Sabah, East Malaysia

Cruise Tourism Externalities and Residents' Support: A Generalized Ordered Logit Analysis

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