The Mediating Role of Social Sustainability in the Relationship between Community Participation and Support for Tourism
This study aims to evaluate the perceptions of residents in Mardin, one of Turkey’s most significant cultural tourism destinations, regarding community participation, social sustainability, and support for tourism. The study also examines whether social sustainability mediates the relationship betwe...
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| description | This study aims to evaluate the perceptions of residents in Mardin, one of Turkey’s most significant cultural tourism destinations, regarding community participation, social sustainability, and support for tourism. The study also examines whether social sustainability mediates the relationship between community participation and support for tourism. In this context, data were collected from 617 residents using the convenience sampling method, and 537 of them were analyzed through reliability analysis, descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results indicated that community participation negatively affects host-guest conflict and positively influences social acceptance. It was also found that community participation has no significant impact on social tolerance. Similarly, it was revealed that host-guest conflict negatively affects support for tourism, while social acceptance positively affects support for tourism. However, social tolerance was found to have no significant impact on support for tourism. Furthermore, the study revealed that host-guest conflict and social acceptance, as dimensions of social sustainability, mediate the relationship between community participation and support for tourism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-79049e8d310448738995be952a7072ca2025-08-20T03:29:40ZengResearch Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being (CinTurs)Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being2795-50442025-06-01132105125doi.org/10.34623/qykj-yy74The Mediating Role of Social Sustainability in the Relationship between Community Participation and Support for TourismBegum Dilara Emiroglu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3668-1632Sırnak University, Tourism and Hotel Management College, Sirnak, TurkeyThis study aims to evaluate the perceptions of residents in Mardin, one of Turkey’s most significant cultural tourism destinations, regarding community participation, social sustainability, and support for tourism. The study also examines whether social sustainability mediates the relationship between community participation and support for tourism. In this context, data were collected from 617 residents using the convenience sampling method, and 537 of them were analyzed through reliability analysis, descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results indicated that community participation negatively affects host-guest conflict and positively influences social acceptance. It was also found that community participation has no significant impact on social tolerance. Similarly, it was revealed that host-guest conflict negatively affects support for tourism, while social acceptance positively affects support for tourism. However, social tolerance was found to have no significant impact on support for tourism. Furthermore, the study revealed that host-guest conflict and social acceptance, as dimensions of social sustainability, mediate the relationship between community participation and support for tourism.http://www.cieo.pt/journal/J_2_2025/article3.pdfsocial sustainabilitycommunity participationhost-guest conflictsocial tolerancesocial acceptancesupport for tourism |
| spellingShingle | Begum Dilara Emiroglu The Mediating Role of Social Sustainability in the Relationship between Community Participation and Support for Tourism Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being social sustainability community participation host-guest conflict social tolerance social acceptance support for tourism |
| title | The Mediating Role of Social Sustainability in the Relationship between Community Participation and Support for Tourism |
| title_full | The Mediating Role of Social Sustainability in the Relationship between Community Participation and Support for Tourism |
| title_fullStr | The Mediating Role of Social Sustainability in the Relationship between Community Participation and Support for Tourism |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Mediating Role of Social Sustainability in the Relationship between Community Participation and Support for Tourism |
| title_short | The Mediating Role of Social Sustainability in the Relationship between Community Participation and Support for Tourism |
| title_sort | mediating role of social sustainability in the relationship between community participation and support for tourism |
| topic | social sustainability community participation host-guest conflict social tolerance social acceptance support for tourism |
| url | http://www.cieo.pt/journal/J_2_2025/article3.pdf |
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