Journal article
Visitors' Perceptions of Tourism Impacts: Bruny and Magnetic Islands, Australia
Journal of Travel Research, Vol.52(3), pp.392-406
2013
Abstract
Tourism on islands, as elsewhere, can have positive and negative economic, environmental, and sociocultural impacts. Previous research has focused on residents' perceptions of these impacts with little emphasis on those of the visitor, resulting in a lack of theorizing and empirical investigation into how visitors perceive and evaluate their impacts. Based on the premise that a better understanding of the visitor perspective can underpin the proactive management of some tourism impacts, this study uses Social Exchange Theory to explore visitors' perceptions of tourism impacts on two Australian islands. Overall, visitors recognized that tourism activity increases impacts and evaluated these as mostly positive for the island communities. While visitors were aware of a range of positive and negative impacts, they judged their own impact to be more positive than that of tourism collectively. The findings point to how research can be used to underpin visitor-focused management and mitigation strategies of island destinations. © 2012 SAGE Publications.
Details
- Title
- Visitors' Perceptions of Tourism Impacts: Bruny and Magnetic Islands, Australia
- Authors
- Brent D Moyle (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityB Weiler (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityG Croy (Author) - Monash University
- Publication details
- Journal of Travel Research, Vol.52(3), pp.392-406
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Inc.
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.1177/0047287512467702
- ISSN
- 0047-2875; 0047-2875
- Copyright note
- Moyle, Brent D; Weiler, B; Croy, G, Visitors' Perceptions of Tourism Impacts: Bruny and Magnetic Islands, Australia, Journal of Travel Research (52:3) pp. 392-406. Copyright © 2013 Sage Publications Inc. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450436202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
- Research Statement
- false
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