Community residents’ perceptions and attitudes towards heritage tourism in a Historic city

Timothy J Lee; Jing Li; Hwa-Kyung Kim

doi:10.1080/14790530701554124

Back

Community residents’ perceptions and attitudes towards heritage tourism in a Historic city

Journal article

Peer reviewed

Community residents’ perceptions and attitudes towards heritage tourism in a Historic city

Timothy J Lee, Jing Li and Hwa-Kyung Kim

Tourism and Hospitality Planning & Development, Vol.4(2), pp.91-109

2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14790530701554124

Files and links (1)

url

https://doi.org/10.1080/14790530701554124View

Published Version

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the residents' perceptions in a historic heritage city in a developed nation by identifying the residents' attitudes towards tourism-related issues, and by examining how socio-economic and demographic indicators influence the residents' perceptions. The results discovered that the majority of residents had positive attitudes towards tourism impacts in the case of York, England. Although respondents seemed to be well aware of the negative aspects, most of them did not resist the additional developments of the industry. Therefore, awareness of tourism's social and environmental costs did not necessarily lead to opposition towards the expansion of the industry. There exists a strong relationship between respondents' socio-economic characteristics and their perceptions of certain tourism-related issues regarding the research questions.

Details

Title: Community residents’ perceptions and attitudes towards heritage tourism in a Historic city
Authors: Timothy J Lee (Author) - University of Queensland
Jing Li (Author) - University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Hwa-Kyung Kim (Author) - Semyung University, Korea
Publication details: Tourism and Hospitality Planning & Development, Vol.4(2), pp.91-109
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2007
DOI: 10.1080/14790530701554124
ISSN: 1479-053X
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451270302621
Output Type: Journal article

Metrics

159 Record Views

26 Times Cited - Web of Science

InCites Highlights

These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output

Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Web Of Science research areas: Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

Source: InCites