Residents’ attitudes towards tourism development in a non-touristy destination: the moderating role of travel experience

IF 4.3 3区管理学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research Pub Date : 2023-09-02 DOI:10.1080/10941665.2023.2283602

Stephen Pratt, Dawn Gibson, Marika Kuilamu

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ABSTRACT Residents’ perceptions of tourism development largely determine the success of a tourist destination. In recent years, the concept of Emotional Solidarity, that is, the affective bonds that people have with each other, has been used to explain the resident–tourist relationship. Emotional Solidarity encompasses three factors: welcoming nature, sympathetic understanding, and emotional closeness. The objective of this research is to examine residents’ perceptions about tourism development using the theory of Emotional Solidarity in the context of Rotuma, Fiji. Rotuma has little tourism development. We analyse 310 surveys completed by Rotuma residents. Using PLS-SEM model, we find residents’ emotional closeness with tourists and welcoming nature of tourists (but not sympathetic understanding of tourists) explained tourism’s contribution to the community and support for tourism development. Travel by residents strengthens the relationship between emotional closeness and welcoming nature to their perceptions of contribution to the community and support for tourism development.

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居民对非旅游目的地旅游业发展的态度：旅游经验的调节作用

摘要居民对旅游业发展的看法在很大程度上决定了旅游目的地的成败。近年来，情感团结（即人与人之间的情感纽带）这一概念被用来解释居民与游客之间的关系。情感团结包括三个因素：热情好客、同情理解和情感亲近。本研究的目的是以斐济罗图马为背景，运用情感团结理论考察居民对旅游业发展的看法。罗图马的旅游开发很少。我们对罗图马居民填写的 310 份调查问卷进行了分析。利用 PLS-SEM 模型，我们发现居民与游客的情感亲近和对游客的欢迎（但不是对游客的同情理解）解释了旅游业对社区的贡献和对旅游业发展的支持。居民的旅游加强了情感亲近和热情好客与他们认为旅游业对社区的贡献和对旅游业发展的支持之间的关系。

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Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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期刊介绍： Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research is the official journal of the Asia Pacific Tourism Association (Founded September 1995) and seeks to publish both empirically and theoretically based articles which advance and foster knowledge of tourism as it relates to the Asia Pacific region. The Journal welcomes submissions of full length articles and critical reviews on major issues with relevance to tourism in the Asia Pacific region.