Host community acceptance of foreign tourists: Strategic considerations |
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Authors: | John A Pearce |
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Institution: | College of Business Administration University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The reported empirical study assessed anticipated reactions to foreign visitors in an area being considered for a tourism development program. Although a generally high level of acceptance was predicted by the residents, over 11% of the 846 respondents anticipated negative reactions within their residential community. Analysis of the possible relationships between twelve demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents and their expectations concerning host community acceptance of tourists from foreign countries disclosed only one statistically significant relationship. Survey participants who reported living in urban areas assessed the community's probable reaction to foreign travellers most positively, while a movement away from urban centers was associated with more negative expectations. |
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Keywords: | foreign visitors planning host community effects of tourism assumption of acceptance visiteurs de l'étranger communauté réceptrice effets du tourisme supposition de réception favorable |
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