Residents’ Attitudes and Perception towards Tourism Development: A Case Study of Rural Tourism in Dragacevo, Serbia

Residents’ Attitudes and Perception towards Tourism Development: A Case Study of Rural Tourism in Dragacevo, Serbia

This research examined the residents’ profile, attitudes, and perception towards tourism development based on 176 respondents interviewed. Residents’ attitudes toward tourism were measured by adapting 24 items from the Tourism Impact Attitude Scale developed by Lankford and Howard (1994). This study...

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Veröffentlicht in:Eastern European Countryside 2014-12, Vol.20 (1), p.151-165
Hauptverfasser: Blešić, Ivana, Pivac, Tatjana, Besermenji, Snežana, Ivkov-Džigurski, Andjelija, Košić, Kristina
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Attitude Measures
Attitudes
development
Dragacevo
Perceptions
residents’ attitudes
Rural Areas
Rural development
rural tourism
Serbia
Serbia, Yugoslavia
TIAS scale
Tourism
Villages
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Zusammenfassung:This research examined the residents’ profile, attitudes, and perception towards tourism development based on 176 respondents interviewed. Residents’ attitudes toward tourism were measured by adapting 24 items from the Tourism Impact Attitude Scale developed by Lankford and Howard (1994). This study aimed at identifying the relationships between residents’ socio-economic and demographic attributes and their attitudes toward tourism by focusing on villages where tourism is in the development stage.
ISSN:2300-8717
1232-8855
2300-8717
2199-5877
DOI:10.2478/eec-2014-0007