Residents' support for tourism development at a UNESCO world heritage site in Chengde, Hebei Province, China

Residents' attitudes have a strong influence on the success or failure of tourism at the destination. Tourism development produces not only positive benefits but also negative impacts to the residents. Their attitudes can influence their level of support for tourism development in a country. If...

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Main Author:	Jun, Wu Bai
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2019
Subjects:	G154.9-155.8 Travel and state Tourism
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/1/s99222_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/2/s99222_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/3/s99222_references.docx
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spelling	my-uum-etd.90212023-03-14T02:13:18Z Residents' support for tourism development at a UNESCO world heritage site in Chengde, Hebei Province, China 2019 Jun, Wu Bai Mohd. Nor, Nor Ashikin Tahir, Shaharuddin Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism Residents' attitudes have a strong influence on the success or failure of tourism at the destination. Tourism development produces not only positive benefits but also negative impacts to the residents. Their attitudes can influence their level of support for tourism development in a country. If a balance between positive benefits and impacts is not achieved, residents may perpetuate negative attitudes towards future tourism development at the destination and display their resentment to tourists. This study examines the influence of community attachment towards the residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and how these perceptions influence their support for future tourism development at Chengde, a United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization listed World Heritage Site in Hebei Province China. This study also investigates whether trust in the local government moderates the relationship between the residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and their support for future tourism development. The targeted population for this study were the residents living in 14 villages within the vicinity of Chengde Mountain Resort. A total of l,200 self· administrated questionnaires were distributed to the head of households in all 14 villages of Chengde. Of the 1,044 returned questionnaires, 1,004 responses were eligible for subsequent analysis. This study applies the Social Exchange Theory (SET) as its research framework and had proposed four main hypotheses with ten sub-hypotheses. The hypotheses were tested using inferential methods including correlation analysis, multiple regression and hierarchical regressions analysis. Findings of this study revealed that, Chengde's residents' community attachment has significant relationship with perceived positive impacts of tourism. Residents who perceived positive impacts of tourism will support for future additional tourism development, however those who perceived negative tourism impacts will support for restricted tourism development. Trust in government moderates the relationship between perceived tourism impacts and residents support for tourism development. This study suggests that residents' perceptions of tourism impacts must be frequently monitored. The support by the residents is necessary to assist the tourism authorities to execute appropriate tourism planning and strategies to improve the quality of life of their residents and achieve a sustainable tourism development in Chengde. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/1/s99222_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/2/s99222_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/3/s99222_references.docx text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language	eng eng eng
advisor	Mohd. Nor, Nor Ashikin Tahir, Shaharuddin
topic	G154.9-155.8 Travel and state Tourism
spellingShingle	G154.9-155.8 Travel and state Tourism Jun, Wu Bai Residents' support for tourism development at a UNESCO world heritage site in Chengde, Hebei Province, China
description	Residents' attitudes have a strong influence on the success or failure of tourism at the destination. Tourism development produces not only positive benefits but also negative impacts to the residents. Their attitudes can influence their level of support for tourism development in a country. If a balance between positive benefits and impacts is not achieved, residents may perpetuate negative attitudes towards future tourism development at the destination and display their resentment to tourists. This study examines the influence of community attachment towards the residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and how these perceptions influence their support for future tourism development at Chengde, a United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization listed World Heritage Site in Hebei Province China. This study also investigates whether trust in the local government moderates the relationship between the residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and their support for future tourism development. The targeted population for this study were the residents living in 14 villages within the vicinity of Chengde Mountain Resort. A total of l,200 self· administrated questionnaires were distributed to the head of households in all 14 villages of Chengde. Of the 1,044 returned questionnaires, 1,004 responses were eligible for subsequent analysis. This study applies the Social Exchange Theory (SET) as its research framework and had proposed four main hypotheses with ten sub-hypotheses. The hypotheses were tested using inferential methods including correlation analysis, multiple regression and hierarchical regressions analysis. Findings of this study revealed that, Chengde's residents' community attachment has significant relationship with perceived positive impacts of tourism. Residents who perceived positive impacts of tourism will support for future additional tourism development, however those who perceived negative tourism impacts will support for restricted tourism development. Trust in government moderates the relationship between perceived tourism impacts and residents support for tourism development. This study suggests that residents' perceptions of tourism impacts must be frequently monitored. The support by the residents is necessary to assist the tourism authorities to execute appropriate tourism planning and strategies to improve the quality of life of their residents and achieve a sustainable tourism development in Chengde.
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author	Jun, Wu Bai
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title	Residents' support for tourism development at a UNESCO world heritage site in Chengde, Hebei Province, China
title_short	Residents' support for tourism development at a UNESCO world heritage site in Chengde, Hebei Province, China
title_full	Residents' support for tourism development at a UNESCO world heritage site in Chengde, Hebei Province, China
title_fullStr	Residents' support for tourism development at a UNESCO world heritage site in Chengde, Hebei Province, China
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title_sort	residents' support for tourism development at a unesco world heritage site in chengde, hebei province, china
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government
publishDate	2019
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/1/s99222_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/2/s99222_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9021/3/s99222_references.docx
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Residents' support for tourism development at a UNESCO world heritage site in Chengde, Hebei Province, China

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