Differences in residents' attitudes towards tourism among mass tourism destinations

This article contributes to extant knowledge by analysing differences in the attitudes towards tourism of residents living in several micro-destinations (cities) within a larger tourism destination and by using a new approach, the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. Results show that a significant part of...

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Authors: Martínez Garcia, Esther, Raya Vílchez, José María, Majó, Joaquim
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/14089
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/14089
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Turisme
Tourism
Turisme -- Opinió pública
Tourism -- Public opinion
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Summary:This article contributes to extant knowledge by analysing differences in the attitudes towards tourism of residents living in several micro-destinations (cities) within a larger tourism destination and by using a new approach, the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. Results show that a significant part of the gap in attitudes among cities is explained by residents' perceived tourism impacts; the relevance of each of them in generating gaps is also identified and quantified. However, there is also a significant community adjustment to tourism impacts source of gap, different among cities