Residents’ attitudes towards different tourist offers: Maldonado-Punta del Este conurbation (Uruguay)

Cardona, José Ramón; Bassi, Daniel Álvarez; Sánchez-Fernández, Marí­a Dolores

doi:10.17979/ejge.2019.8.1.4580

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“…This investigation uses a causal model, in which responses are collected using a 5-point Likert scale (1 "totally disagree" to 5 "totally agree"). These scales come from previous studies and previous work of the authors [5,75,81,83,[129][130][131]136,137].…”

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Environmental and Economic Concerns in Residents’ Attitudes in Punta del Este (Uruguay)

2019

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The objective of this article is to determine the importance of environmental concern on residents’ perceptions and attitudes in the case of the Maldonado-Punta del Este conurbation. To relativize the importance of this concern, economic concern was introduced into the model. Punta del Este is located next to the city of Maldonado, capital of the homonymous department, and is the most important sun and beach destination in Uruguay. For this analysis, a sample of 420 residents from the Maldonado-Punta del Este conurbation was used. The questionnaire contained several items using a5-point Likert scale and a section including socio-demographic questions. Analysis of the data was carried out through Partial Least Squares (PLS) SEM regression. The results suggest that residents form their attitudes towards tourism based on tourism’s economic benefits and socio-cultural costs. Residents of Punta del Este show concern for the environment but not for the economy. This concern is mainly related to the perception of environmental costs, but the causal relationship could be the opposite.

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Environmental and Economic Concerns in Residents’ Attitudes in Punta del Este (Uruguay)

2019

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Critical Analysis of a World Heritage Site in Terms of Conservation and Tourism Promotion: The Case of “Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture” (Ibiza, Spain)

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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites (WHS) have great prestige. Each year, candidatures are presented by advocates seeking to raise awareness of the importance of certain cultural and natural sites, to achieve better protection and to make them known, which can promote tourism to benefit the surrounding regions. One of these cases is Ibiza, which, after a first rejection in 1986, obtained the inscription of “Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture” in 1999. This WHS is made up of various cultural and natural elements of the island, although the best known is the fortified Upper Town of Ibiza (Dalt Vila). Since then, important restoration and musealization actions have been carried out in the old town, and some tourism promotion events have been held, but there have been failures in its conversion into a tourist product: Both residents and tourists see this as complementary to the traditional offer (sun and beach tourism); confusion has been generated in communication, focusing on the old town and forgetting the other elements; tourist visits to the registered elements have not taken off and are concentrated in the summer months (the traditional high season); some decisions have been politicized, among other problems. Finally, different lines of tourism development are proposed.

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Residents’ attitudes towards different tourist offers: Maldonado-Punta del Este conurbation (Uruguay)

Cited by 2 publications

References 56 publications

Environmental and Economic Concerns in Residents’ Attitudes in Punta del Este (Uruguay)

Environmental and Economic Concerns in Residents’ Attitudes in Punta del Este (Uruguay)

Critical Analysis of a World Heritage Site in Terms of Conservation and Tourism Promotion: The Case of “Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture” (Ibiza, Spain)

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