Residents' attitudes and support for tourism development in Bistoon, Iran

Community support for tourism is essential for successful tourism development. Presently, tourism managers are giving due recognition and appreciation to the local communities for their role in sustaining these destinations as tourist attractions. Although residents’ support for tourism has been exa...

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Main Author:	Mohammadi, Mostafa
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	HD30.213 Management information systems Decision support systems
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78230/1/MostafaMohammadiPFM2014.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.782302018-07-30T08:51:29Z Residents' attitudes and support for tourism development in Bistoon, Iran 2014-11 Mohammadi, Mostafa HD30.213 Management information systems. Decision support systems Community support for tourism is essential for successful tourism development. Presently, tourism managers are giving due recognition and appreciation to the local communities for their role in sustaining these destinations as tourist attractions. Although residents’ support for tourism has been examined in previous studies, elements which affect residents' support for tourism have not been thoroughly identified. This research has attempted to identify elements which affect residents’ support for tourism development. Based on social exchange theory and previous findings, this study proposed a series of hypotheses and developed a theoretical model of residents' support for tourism development. This study is based on a selfadministered survey, hand-delivered to residents of Bistoon. Bistoon, a historical city is one of the popular tourist destinations in Iran and it is on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites. Structural equation modelling approach was used to analyse the data. The final model shows the relationships between elements of successful tourism. The findings from the data analysis revealed that ecocentric attitudes, community concern and social identity affect residents' perceptions of tourism impacts. The impacts, include economic, social, and environmental benefits and costs. In addition, the residents' perceptions of tourism benefits in relation to economic, social, and environmental benefits affect their support for tourism development. The model developed in this research provides a theoretical basis to study residents’ attitudes and support for tourism development. It is recommended that tourism planners collect information about the elements based on the model as these could be used to develop appropriate strategies addressing the tourism related issues raised by the local communities. 2014-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78230/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78230/1/MostafaMohammadiPFM2014.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:98555 phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management Faculty of Management
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spellingShingle	HD30.213 Management information systems Decision support systems Mohammadi, Mostafa Residents' attitudes and support for tourism development in Bistoon, Iran
description	Community support for tourism is essential for successful tourism development. Presently, tourism managers are giving due recognition and appreciation to the local communities for their role in sustaining these destinations as tourist attractions. Although residents’ support for tourism has been examined in previous studies, elements which affect residents' support for tourism have not been thoroughly identified. This research has attempted to identify elements which affect residents’ support for tourism development. Based on social exchange theory and previous findings, this study proposed a series of hypotheses and developed a theoretical model of residents' support for tourism development. This study is based on a selfadministered survey, hand-delivered to residents of Bistoon. Bistoon, a historical city is one of the popular tourist destinations in Iran and it is on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites. Structural equation modelling approach was used to analyse the data. The final model shows the relationships between elements of successful tourism. The findings from the data analysis revealed that ecocentric attitudes, community concern and social identity affect residents' perceptions of tourism impacts. The impacts, include economic, social, and environmental benefits and costs. In addition, the residents' perceptions of tourism benefits in relation to economic, social, and environmental benefits affect their support for tourism development. The model developed in this research provides a theoretical basis to study residents’ attitudes and support for tourism development. It is recommended that tourism planners collect information about the elements based on the model as these could be used to develop appropriate strategies addressing the tourism related issues raised by the local communities.
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author	Mohammadi, Mostafa
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title	Residents' attitudes and support for tourism development in Bistoon, Iran
title_short	Residents' attitudes and support for tourism development in Bistoon, Iran
title_full	Residents' attitudes and support for tourism development in Bistoon, Iran
title_fullStr	Residents' attitudes and support for tourism development in Bistoon, Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Residents' attitudes and support for tourism development in Bistoon, Iran
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management
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publishDate	2014
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Residents' attitudes and support for tourism development in Bistoon, Iran

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