The effects of community factors on residents’ perceptions toward World Heritage Site inscription and sustainable tourism development

What is it about?

This paper investigates the effects of community factors on residents’ perceptions and support for WHS conservation and tourism development. To conceptualize these relationships, we developed a framework based on social exchange theory (SET) and previous empirical evidence. While community attachment, cultural attitudes, community involvement, and community gain had positive effects on residents’ perceptions, the effects of community members’ gain and status consistency were particularly strong. Our results suggest that perceptions strongly influence support for WHS conservation and tourism development. Having examined a number of new resident perception factors, this study makes a significant theoretical and methodological contribution to the tourism and resident perception literature.

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This paper for first time introduces some community factors such as community gain, status consistency, .. and examines the effects of thee factors on residents' perceptions.