Rural residents’ attitudes to tourism and the moderating effects of social capital

Park, Duk‐Byeong; Nunkoo, Robin; Yoon, Yooshik

doi:10.1080/14616688.2014.959993

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“…Despite being widely recognized for its benefits, social capital is also noted for potentially having negative consequences associated, including the conformity among community members that may result in conflicts, erosion of privacy within the community, and power imbalance among members of community in terms of decision-making [19]. Recognizing and managing potential negative consequences of social capital contributes to the sustainable niche tourism development for communities [55].…”

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Social Capital along Wine Trails: Spilling the Wine to Residents?

Barbieri

Seekamp

2020

Sustainability

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Social capital is a vital element of tourism development and sustainability, and has thus drawn significant attention during the past decade. Yet, this topic is still under-researched in the context of niche tourism, especially along linear tourism settings such as wine trails. As a major component of wine tourism, wine trails have been growing rapidly worldwide to further regional tourism development. To examine the level of social capital related with wine tourism, communities surrounding two wine trails in North Carolina (U.S.) were surveyed regarding the Trust, Information Sharing, Collective Action, Bonding and Bridging dimensions of social capital. Results indicated the Piedmont region has not yet fully developed the social capital associated with local wine trails, although residents perceived somewhat strong Collective Action derived from this growing tourism niche. Visitation frequency to wine trails was found to be significantly associated with all dimensions of wine tourism social capital. This study advances the wine tourism scholarship concerning social capital along wine trails (e.g., integrating main dimensions into one scale). It also sheds light on wine trail development and management, suggesting local wineries and wine trails invest greater effort in forging community bonds, especially among older residents, and bridging with local businesses.attributes is still lacking in the literature [16], which suggests a need to further understand how social capital and spatial attributes are associated, particularly in linear tourism settings such as wine trails.Research of social capital in the tourism field is increasing but still relatively insufficient [17]. Recent tourism studies examined social capital either at the community level, as associated with regional tourism development [18,19], or in specific niche tourism settings such as ecotourism [20], volunteer tourism [21], rural tourism [22], craft beverage tourism [23], and even wine tourism [24]. Despite of different measurement scales used, these studies suggest general positive effects of social capital with regard to tourism development.Research exploring social capital with incorporated spatial attributes in linear tourism settings such as wine trails is scarce, yet much needed, as such research could optimize trail development and management, engage communities and spread tourism development benefits. Researchers [25] document that social capital greatly influences community participation, while a lack of which is considered by trail mangers a significant constraint to tourism trail planning and management [26]. Social capital therefore was being acknowledged essential to tourism trail development success.Given the potential capacity of wine trails to spread benefits within surrounding communities, the limited information related to the spatial dimension of social capital in linear tourism settings, and the need of such information for informing trail management, this study examines the level of social capital in communities along wine trai...

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Section: Social Capital In Tourism Studiesmentioning

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Social Capital along Wine Trails: Spilling the Wine to Residents?

Barbieri

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2020

Sustainability

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“…In the planning and development of historic districts, the inheritance and continuation of substance, the historic environment, and tradition and culture should be considered (Maruyama, 2015). In particular, the interference of tourism development with the social environment should receive more attention (Park and Byeong, 2015). Based on a clear analysis of resident perceptions of tourism impact, planning guidance can be provided to develop a strong tourism-community connection.…”

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Qualitative Analysis of Residents′ Perceptions of Tourism Impacts on Historic Districts: A Case Study of Nanluoguxiang in Beijing, China

Dai

Wang

et al. 2017

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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Tourism is becoming a viable and important economic development strategy in the regeneration of historic districts. Nonetheless, tourism may bring negative impacts to the local communities. As a result, local residents' perceptions and attitudes toward tourism development are critical to the sustainable development of tourism. This study follows a qualitative research approach, attempting to examine the relationship between local residents' social-demographic features and their perceptions of tourism development. The framework is applied to the case of Nanluoguxiang in Beijing, China, which is a typical tourism destination benefitting from its traditional urban forms. Data from 24 in-depth interviewees are analyzed using word-frequency analysis through text encoding. The results reveal that the cultural perception of the residents promoted place attachment, which was associated with impact perception, and together, they determined behavioral demand. The stronger the cultural perception of the residents is and the stronger their place attachment is, the more the negative impact of tourism is perceived and the stronger their demand for cultural protection is. Long-term residents, those with occupations unrelated to tourism, and those who live adjacent to the tourism attractions perceived more negative impacts.

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“…They notice that education, gender, age, income, employment and a high degree of community attachment were the major factors affecting the attitudes of residents. Analysing the community support for tourism development, perceived impacts and community satisfaction, Park, Nunkoo and Yoon (2015) added the effect of social capital. First, they multi-group SEM to analyse the moderating effects of social capital.…”

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Residents' Attitudes Towards Tourism Impacts in Rural Area

Pavlić¹,

Puh²,

Mišković³

2019

Tourism in Southern and Eastern Europe

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Purpose -The main purpose of this paper is to research local residents' attitudes living in rural areas towards tourism development regarding economic, socio-cultural and environmental tourism impacts and to analyse possible relationships between residents' attitudes related to tourism impacts and their socio-demographic characteristics. Methodology -The research was made in a period from June 2017 to October 2017 on a stratified sample of 593 residents in rural areas around Dubrovnik. For data analysis MANOVA was used for examining the relationship between respondents' characteristics and attitudes towards tourism impacts. Further analysis included t-tests and ANOVA for individual statements. Findings -The findings indicate the differences in residents' attitudes towards tourism impacts regarding age, education, employment status, personal monthly income and job relation to tourism. Contribution -This study can serve as a baseline study to be replicated in a future, to monitor rural local residents' attitudes change as the number of tourists 'arrivals increase in the years to come; in connecting rural local residents attitudes with their socio-demographic characteristics to define different segments of rural residents in order to include them into tourism development policy; and for public policy makers of rural areas to be aware of the attitudes of local residents.

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Rural residents’ attitudes to tourism and the moderating effects of social capital

Cited by 110 publications

References 87 publications

Social Capital along Wine Trails: Spilling the Wine to Residents?

Social Capital along Wine Trails: Spilling the Wine to Residents?

Qualitative Analysis of Residents′ Perceptions of Tourism Impacts on Historic Districts: A Case Study of Nanluoguxiang in Beijing, China

Residents' Attitudes Towards Tourism Impacts in Rural Area

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