Residents' Perceptions of Tourism Impacts on Island Destinations: A Comparative Analysis

Vadell, Joan Baptista Garau; Armas, Ricardo Jesús Díaz; Taño, Desiderio Gutiérrez

doi:10.1002/jtr.1951

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“…Also, some Yakushima residents fear that the rivers are being polluted by deer carcasses. Hence, tourism not properly managed results in damage to the natural environment and wildlife, pollution to rivers and loss of natural landscape among others effects [62][63][64][65]. Compared to this wide array of issues, discussion in the media and by administrative authorities on Yakushima very narrowly focuses on trampling and human waste in mountain areas.…”

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Perceptions of Multiple Stakeholders about Environmental Issues at a Nature-Based Tourism Destination: The Case of Yakushima Island, Japan

2019

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The success of nature-based tourism destinations depends on the sustainable use of common pool resources (CPRs). More often than not, tourism demands compete for these resources, exerting pressure on them, resulting in decline of the CPRs. Managing tourism and environmental resources has become extremely important, but also more complex, as the interests of different stakeholders are intertwined across international, national, and local levels. Hence, this study aimed to investigate how stakeholder groups perceive the issues relating to the environment using Yakushima Island, Japan for a case study. Quantitative data were collected by administering a questionnaire to residents and tourism practitioners, while qualitative data were gathered through semi-structured interviews conducted with organizations involved with tourism and environmental management in Yakushima. The study reveals that the underlying environmental issues in Yakushima result from an increase in tourists and controversial management of deer populations. Both residents and tourism practitioners indicated that more trash in the community was the most significant impact of tourism on the environment. Some perceptions were contradictory. Management authorities noted an increase in the deer population, which needs to be controlled to prevent damage to natural vegetation. Most tour guides reported a decrease in the sighting of deer along hiking trails, frustrating the genuine expectations of the tourist. The connection of the deer issue to tourism turned out to be very complex, as an overabundance of deer endangers parts of the vegetation tourists come to enjoy, while at the same time deer are an important part of the tourists’ experience. Different perceptions on deer by different stakeholders add to this complexity, which needs to be taken into consideration for proper management of tourists and deer in the future.

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Perceptions of Multiple Stakeholders about Environmental Issues at a Nature-Based Tourism Destination: The Case of Yakushima Island, Japan

2019

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“…These studies have confirmed the social exchange theory (SET), which states that residents perform a cost-benefit analysis and support or reject tourism development depending on the outcome [70]. Thus, a host community will tend to have groups that benefit largely from tourism (for example, people working in the tourism sector) and therefore, tend to support it and downplay its negative impacts, but also groups that see little or few benefits from tourism and underline its negative social and environmental consequences [71].…”

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Sustainable Development or Eco-Collapse: Lessons for Tourism and Development from Easter Island

Rotarou

2016

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While tourism brings many benefits to islands, it can also cause negative effects, especially when tourism development is a disorganised process, with significant environmental impacts. This has been the case of Easter Island: the recent, uncontrolled growth in tourist numbers together with social and political tensions, are signs of a socioeconomic process pursuing development that has neglected the institutional, environmental, social, and economic imperatives of sustainability for tourism management. The study initially presents the environmental impacts of tourism growth, including waste disposal and management issues, problems with sewage system, threats to water quality, and biodiversity loss. Next, using data from in situ fieldwork, interviews and surveys, it focuses on residents' perceptions regarding environmental consequences of the vast tourism growth, as well as on the serious governance issues that Easter Island is currently facing and that complicate even further its sustainable development. Overall, our results indicate that-while acknowledging the negative impacts that uncontrolled tourism development has brought to the island and the need for it to become more sustainable-residents are in favour of tourism since it is the island's main source of income and employment. The paper draws lessons for islands involved in the "development-through-tourism" model regarding the difficulties these islands will face in attaining their goals if they are not able to build and implement cooperative agreements among stakeholders to properly manage the common-pool resources involved. This is a warning sign for islands that enthusiastically promote tourism without implementing sound sustainability criteria to guide the management of their tourism sector.

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“…The use of the term "residents' perceptions" is widespread in the literature (Ap, 1992;Byrd, Bosley, and Dronberger, 2009;Vareiro, Remoaldo, and Cadima Ribeiro, 2013;Garau-Vadell, Díaz-Armas, and Gutierrez-Taño, 2014), although other authors use the expressions "attitudes" (Andereck and Vogt, 2000;Ribeiro, Valle, and Silva, 2013;García, Vázquez, and Macías, 2015;Davis, Allen, and Cosenza, 1988;Williams and Lawson, 2001) or "reactions" (Jurowski, Uysal, and Williams, 1997;Fredline and Faulkner, 2000). Regardless of the use of all types of terms and their semasiology, what most studies show is that residents are reassessed according to their role in direct, indirect, undetermined or induced impacts of tourism in a particular territory.…”

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Residents’ perceptions of tourism activity in a rural North-Eastern Portuguese community: a cluster analysis

Lopes

Remoaldo

Ribeiro

2019

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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The recognition of the role of tourism planners in seeking to contribute to local residents’ well-being by mitigating the potential costs of tourism development has been given more attention in the last decades. Several studies on the perception of positive or negative impacts, based on sustainability (namely the three pillars: economic, sociocultural and environmental) have been developed. However, the studies have been somewhat limited in terms of approaches, namely with respect to the contribution and participation of stakeholders. In this study, we attempted to use a bidirectional analysis of involvement and tourism knowledge to segment the residents and analyse their perception of the impacts. A total of 373 valid surveys were applied in a rural mountainous municipality (Boticas) during 2015 and 2016. In this municipality, tourism (activity) is an emergent activity. The results show that more informed and more involved residents have more positive perceptions of tourism than other groups, while less informed and less involved residents have more negative perceptions of it. The study contributes to increasing the knowledge about residents’ perceptions of tourism, adding the aspects of involvement, especially in rural areas. This type of proposal can be applied to any destination to help manage residents’ opinions and, consequently, their support of tourism development.

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Residents' Perceptions of Tourism Impacts on Island Destinations: A Comparative Analysis

Cited by 58 publications

References 57 publications

Perceptions of Multiple Stakeholders about Environmental Issues at a Nature-Based Tourism Destination: The Case of Yakushima Island, Japan

Perceptions of Multiple Stakeholders about Environmental Issues at a Nature-Based Tourism Destination: The Case of Yakushima Island, Japan

Sustainable Development or Eco-Collapse: Lessons for Tourism and Development from Easter Island

Residents’ perceptions of tourism activity in a rural North-Eastern Portuguese community: a cluster analysis

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