Residents' Perceptions of Tourism Activity in a Rural North-Eastern Portuguese Community: a Cluster Analysis

• Autorzy: Hélder Silva Lopes , Paula Cristina Remoaldo , Vitor Ribeiro
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Recognition of the role of tourism planners in seeking to contribute to local residents' well-being by mitigating the potential costs of tourism development has been given more attention in the last decades. Several studies on the perception of positive or negative impacts, based on sustainability (namely the three pillars: economic, sociocultural and environmental) have been developed. However, the studies have been somewhat limited in terms of approaches, namely with respect to the contribution and participation of stakeholders (on the subject under study). In this study, we attempted to use a bidirectional analysis of involvement and tourism knowledge to segment the residents and analyze their perception of the impacts. 373 valid surveys were applied in a rural mountainous municipality (Boticas), during 2015 and 2016. In this municipality, tourism (activity) is an emergent activity. Results show that more informed and more involved residents have more positive perceptions of tourism than other groups, while less informed and less involved residents have more negative perceptions of it. The study contributes to increase the knowledge about residents' perceptions of tourism, adding the aspects of involvement, especially in rural areas. This type of proposal can be applied to any destination to help manage residents' opinions and, consequently, their support of tourism development. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Rural tourism; Cluster analysis; Tourist activity; Tourism development

PL

Turystyka wiejska; Analiza skupień; Aktywność turystyczna; Rozwój turystyki

• Czasopismo: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Rocznik: 2019
• Numer: No. 46
• Strony: 119--135

Twórcy

autor

Hélder Silva Lopes

• University of Minho, Portugal; University of Barcelona, Spain

autor

Paula Cristina Remoaldo

• University of Minho, Portugal

autor

Vitor Ribeiro

• University of Minho, Portugal

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DOI

10.1515/18624