Residents' support for tourism development: The role of residents' place image and perceived tourism impacts

Tourism Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 260-274

  Stylidis, Dimitrios ^a   Biran, Avital ^b   Sit, Jason ^b   Szivas, Edith M ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SeaStar Consultancy   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Destination image; Residents' place image; Support for tourism development; Sustainable development; Tourism impacts

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84902505179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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