Local Communities’ Perceptions of Tourism Planning in Natural Areas

IF 1.2 Q3 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Tourism and Hospitality Management-Croatia Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI:10.3390/tourhosp4020021

Sanja Obradović, Aleksandra Tešin

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Abstract

Local communities face a double-edged sword when it comes to tourism development; their attitude directly influences tourism growth and helps spread the word within the community. The local community is increasingly affected socioeconomically by tourism development, which results in the development of attitudes (both positive and negative) based on the perceived effects. This study aimed to investigate the effects of tourism and local support for tourism development in a national park in western Serbia. The data were gathered from locals (580) who reside in the municipality where the national park belongs. Based on their own experiences and their belief that tourism can preserve natural and cultural resources and protect them for future generations, the Tara National Park community was found to favor further tourism development. They disagree that problems would arise from factors often associated with increasing tourism, such as traffic, price increases, or pollution. This study was carried out during the pandemic crisis, which is seen as a paradigm shift in the travel and tourism sectors and offers an opportunity to do better and continue operating in a more sustainable way. Therefore, we propose that these findings be taken into account when developing sustainable tourist management strategies, particularly in national parks and other protected places while respecting the needs and rights of the local people.

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当地社区对自然地区旅游规划的看法

当地社区在旅游发展方面面临一把双刃剑;他们的态度直接影响到旅游业的发展，并有助于在社区内传播这个词。当地社区越来越多地受到旅游发展的社会经济影响，这导致基于感知效果的态度(积极和消极)的发展。本研究旨在调查旅游业的影响和当地对塞尔维亚西部国家公园旅游业发展的支持。这些数据是从居住在国家公园所属城市的当地人(580人)中收集的。基于他们自己的经验和他们相信旅游业可以保护自然和文化资源，并为子孙后代保护它们，塔拉国家公园社区被发现赞成进一步发展旅游业。他们不同意通常与旅游业增长有关的因素会产生问题，如交通、价格上涨或污染。这项研究是在大流行病危机期间进行的，这被视为旅行和旅游部门的一次范式转变，为做得更好和继续以更可持续的方式开展业务提供了机会。因此，我们建议在制定可持续旅游管理策略时考虑这些发现，特别是在国家公园和其他受保护的地方，同时尊重当地人民的需求和权利。

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Tourism and Hospitality Management-Croatia HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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1.90

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23.10%

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审稿时长

15 weeks

期刊介绍： Tourism and Hospitality Management is an international, multidisciplinary, open access journal, aiming to promote and enhance research in all fields of the tourism and hospitality industry. It publishes double-blind reviewed papers and encourages an interchange between tourism and hospitality researchers, educators and managers. Editors of Tourism and Hospitality Management strongly promote research integrity and aim to prevent any type of scientific misconduct, such as: fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, redundant publication and authorship problems. All submitted manuscripts are checked using Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate). Nurturing a scientifically based approach to research, the journal publishes original papers along with empirical research and theoretical articles that contribute to the conceptual development of tourism and hospitality management. Editors look particularly for articles about new trends, challenges and developments, as well as the application of new ideas that are likely to affect the tourism and hospitality industry. The general criteria for the acceptance of articles are: contribution to the scientific knowledge in the field of tourism and hospitality management, scientifically reliable research methodology, relevant literature review and quality of the English language.