Resident attitudes: A structural modeling approach

Dogan Gursoy; Claudia Jurowski; Muzaffer Uysal

doi:10.1016/S0160-7383(01)00028-7

Resident attitudes: A structural modeling approach

Dogan Gursoy, Claudia Jurowski, Muzaffer Uysal

Hotel and Restaurant Management, School of

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Abstract

The objective of this research is to model host community support for tourism development based on the factors found to influence reactions towards it. Using the literature, a tourism support model with hypotheses involving several paths was proposed. Data were collected from five counties surrounding a Virginia (USA) recreation area, and the model and hypothesized paths were tested. The LISREL-8 structural equation analysis package was utilized with maximum likelihood method of estimation in combination with the two-stage process. The findings revealed that the host community support is affected by the level of concern, ecocentric values, utilization of resource base, perceived costs and benefits of the tourism development.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	79-105
Number of pages	27
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	29
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0160-7383(01)00028-7
State	Published - 2002

Keywords

Attitudes
Host community
Structural equation model
Support model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Development
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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