Sustainable Tourism and Residents’ Perception towards the Brand: The Case of Malaga (Spain)

Ruiz, Elio San Cristóbal; Cruz, Elena Ruiz-Romero de la; Vázquez, Francisco José Calderón

doi:10.3390/su11010292

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“…On the other hand, the study by Deccio and Baloglu [70] shows that the residents' attachment to the community does not determine whether or not they adopt a positive perception of the event's effects on the area. More recently, though not strictly focused on events, some studies have analyzed the satisfaction of residents with respect to the tourist destination and the concept of tourist sustainability that the local brand would like to convey [71,72]. For the purposes of this study, the research of Schnitzer et al [73] is particularly useful in understanding whether the residents' experience (in this case young people) of a minor event can influence the destination's decision to apply for a major event (in this case the Olympic Games).…”

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Perceptions and Role of Tourist Destination Residents Compared to Other Event Stakeholders in a Small-Scale Sports Event. The Case of the FIS World Junior Alpine Ski Championships 2019 in Val di Fassa

Bazzanella

2019

Sustainability

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The role of stakeholders is critical in addressing challenges with or problems in small-scale sports events. The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of the event stakeholders toward sports events, with a particular focus on the role of residents in a tourist destination. The goal is to understand their perceptions with respect to different topics and in particular to the sustainable development of the tourist destination. This case study focuses on the World Junior Alpine Ski Championships 2019 in Trentino Val di Fassa—Italy (JWC2019). Applying a mixed methodology, the study analyzes the stakeholders during the sports event (quantitative method) and the point of view of the residents in their stakeholder role after the sports event (qualitative method). The main findings of this study show that residents differ from tourists and other stakeholders in terms of their perception of the event and its strengths. But when it comes to the perceptions regarding the territory, the groups of stakeholders analyzed do not seem to have systematically different opinions. Some paradoxes do, however, emerge with respect to the residents’ awareness of their role as stakeholders and the implications of the event with respect to sustainability and how such an event may underpin a concept of sustainable development for the territory as a whole.

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Perceptions and Role of Tourist Destination Residents Compared to Other Event Stakeholders in a Small-Scale Sports Event. The Case of the FIS World Junior Alpine Ski Championships 2019 in Val di Fassa

Bazzanella

2019

Sustainability

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“…Many cities have focused on their image as a potential tourist destination (Masoud et al, 2018;Ruiz et al, 2019). A review of tourist travelogues, the postcards manufactured for sale to tourists, and the use of the images on the TV indicate the fact that how the form of the skyline is the most essential part of the city image.…”

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The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case study

Karimimoshaver

Parsamanesh

Aram

et al. 2021

Heliyon

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The research deals with the effect of skylines on citizens' pleasantness. The research method is based on the respondents' judgment of the color images of the skylines. 360 citizens were asked to complete a questionnaire to express their opinions and preferences along with the reasons. Three types of nature, traditional, and contemporary skylines were identified as the dominant skylines. The results showed that people prefer the nature and the traditional skyline over the contemporary skyline. They introduced some features as peacefulness, memorability, and distinctiveness as the reasons for their choice. The people's residence place could influence their attitudes toward the skyline, and most of those living in the areas with contemporary contexts selected the skyline of their contemporary context as the favorite skyline. They did not look for the sense of peacefulness in the skyline, but they underlined attractiveness. Variables of age and gender had no effect on the preferences; however, by an increase in education level, the tendency to select the traditional and contemporary skyline increased.

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“…Overall, landmarks and paths can be considered as the main contributor to the perceptual image of the surrounding environment. Landmarks in urban spaces are a three dimensional sign that shape the inhabitant's knowledge of the urban space [56,57]. Paths and their shapes, as a two dimensional structure, create a network of spatial information in the human mind regarding the surrounding environment [20].…”

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Design and Validation of a Computational Program for Analysing Mental Maps: Aram Mental Map Analyzer

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Considering citizens’ perceptions of their living environment is very helpful in making the right decisions for city planners who intend to build a sustainable society. Mental map analyses are widely used in understanding the level of perception of individuals regarding the surrounding environment. The present study introduces Aram Mental Map Analyzer (AMMA), an open-source program, which allows researchers to use special features and new analytical methods to receive outputs in numerical data and analytical maps with greater accuracy and speed. AMMA performance is contingent upon two principles of accuracy and complexity, the accuracy of the program is measured by Accuracy Placed Landmarks (APL) and General Orientation (GO), which respectively analyses the landmark placement accuracy and the main route mapping accuracy. Also, the complexity section is examined through two analyses Cell Percentage (CP) and General Structure (GS), which calculates the complexity of citizens’ perception of space based on the criteria derived from previous studies. AMMA examines all the dimensions and features of the graphic maps and its outputs have a wide range of valid and differentiated information, which is tailored to the research and information subject matter that is required.

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Sustainable Tourism and Residents’ Perception towards the Brand: The Case of Malaga (Spain)

Cited by 30 publications

References 41 publications

Perceptions and Role of Tourist Destination Residents Compared to Other Event Stakeholders in a Small-Scale Sports Event. The Case of the FIS World Junior Alpine Ski Championships 2019 in Val di Fassa

Perceptions and Role of Tourist Destination Residents Compared to Other Event Stakeholders in a Small-Scale Sports Event. The Case of the FIS World Junior Alpine Ski Championships 2019 in Val di Fassa

The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case study

Design and Validation of a Computational Program for Analysing Mental Maps: Aram Mental Map Analyzer

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