Importance of residents’ satisfaction for supporting future tourism development in rural areas of Hong Kong

IF 1.8 Q2 GEOGRAPHY

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2019-06-26 DOI:10.1080/10225706.2019.1634110

Alice S. Y. Chow, Shuwen Liu, L. T. Cheung

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Developing tourism in rural areas is an important approach to offering revitalization opportunities for many rural areas. A successful tourism development plan can offer economic benefits to rural communities through enhancing business and job opportunities. Our study in a popular rural tourism destination in Hong Kong intended to test the importance of residents’ satisfaction, which may lead to their support for future tourism development in their community. The results of structural equation modeling suggested that residents’ perceived impacts were not significantly associated with their support for future tourism development. In contrast, residents’ satisfaction was significantly associated with their support for such development, implying that local residents’ satisfaction with existing tourism development can be an important predictor for their further support of such development. As an important predicator influencing community support, residents’ satisfaction with tourism deserves more attention not only from academic researchers but also from government and the tourism industry.

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居民满意度对支持香港乡村地区未来旅游业发展的重要性

发展乡村旅游是许多乡村振兴的重要途径。一个成功的旅游发展计划可以通过增加商业和就业机会为农村社区提供经济效益。我们在香港一个受欢迎的乡村旅游目的地进行研究，旨在测试居民满意度的重要性，这可能导致他们支持社区未来的旅游发展。结构方程模型的结果表明，居民感知的影响与他们对未来旅游发展的支持不显著相关。相比之下，居民满意度与他们对旅游开发的支持度显著相关，这意味着当地居民对现有旅游开发的满意度可以成为他们进一步支持此类开发的重要预测因素。居民旅游满意度作为影响社区支持度的重要预测指标，不仅受到学术界的重视，也受到政府和旅游业的重视。

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